Boreal coniferous forest density leads to significant variations in soil physical and geochemical properties

At the northernmost extent of the managed forest in Quebec, Canada, the boreal forest is currently undergoing an ecological transition between two forest ecosystems. Open lichen woodlands (LW) are spreading southward at the expense of more productive closed-canopy black spruce–moss forests (MF)....

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Main Authors: C. Bastianelli, A. A. Ali, J. Beguin, Y. Bergeron, P. Grondin, C. Hély, D. Paré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://www.biogeosciences.net/14/3445/2017/bg-14-3445-2017.pdf