Articles | Volume 14, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3445-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3445-2017
Research article
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21 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2017

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

Carole Bastianelli, Adam A. Ali, Julien Beguin, Yves Bergeron, Pierre Grondin, Christelle Hély, and David Paré

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Soil data : Biogeochemistry analysis - LWvsMF - June2017 C. Bastianelli, A. A. Ali, J. Beguin, Y. Bergeron, P. Grondin, C. Hély, and D. Paré https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12565.52965

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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.
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