Soil Texture Explains Soil Sensitivity to C and N Losses from Whole-Tree Harvesting in the Boreal Forest

Autor: Rock Ouimet, Nathalie Korboulewsky, Isabelle Bilger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Soil Systems, Vol 7, Iss 2, p 39 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2571-8789
DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems7020039
Popis: The use of forest biomass to produce energy is increasingly viewed as a means to reduce fossil fuel consumption and mitigate global warming. However, the impact of such practices on soils in the long term is not well known. We revisited forest plots that were subjected to either whole-tree (WTH, n = 86) or stem-only (SOH, n = 110) harvesting 30 years ago in the boreal forest in Quebec, Canada. The objective of the present study was to find soil properties that could explain the lower soil C and N stocks at the sites subjected to WTH compared to SOH after 30 years. Compared to SOH, lower soil C and N stocks attributable to WTH occurred when soil particle content
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