Aspen increase soil moisture, nutrients, organic matter and respiration in Rocky Mountain forest communities.

Development and change in forest communities are strongly influenced by plant-soil interactions. The primary objective of this paper was to identify how forest soil characteristics vary along gradients of forest community composition in aspen-conifer forests to better understand the relationship bet...

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Main Authors: Joshua R Buck, Samuel B St Clair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3524093?pdf=render