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Boreal coniferous forest density leads to significant variations in soil physical and geochemical properties
Carole Bastianelli
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AgroParisTech, 16 Rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
EPHE, PSL Research University, 4-14 Rue Ferrus, 75014 Paris, France
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Adam A. Ali
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095
Montpellier, France
Julien Beguin
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
Yves Bergeron
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Pierre Grondin
Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction de la
recherche forestière, 2700 Rue Einstein, Québec, QC, G1P 3W8, Canada
Christelle Hély
EPHE, PSL Research University, 4-14 Rue Ferrus, 75014 Paris, France
NSERC–UQAT–UQAM Industrial Chair in Sustainable Forest Management, Forest
Research Institute, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC,
J9X 5E4, Canada
Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095
Montpellier, France
David Paré
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry
Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC,
G1V 4C7, Canada
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Our analyses showed that soil biogeochemistry could distinguish two forest ecosystems that coexist in Quebec: open lichen woodlands and closed-canopy black spruce–moss forests. Variations in carbon stocks, base cation concentrations and crystallinity of aluminium and iron were related to the different vegetation covers. This research was carried out as a first step to identify geochemical indicators of canopy cover types that could be useful in further palaeoecological studies.
Our analyses showed that soil biogeochemistry could distinguish two forest ecosystems that...
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