Comparing Spatial Heterogeneity of Bioavailable Nutrients and Soil Respiration in Boreal Sites Recovering From Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance

The mining of oil sands in Alberta, Canada is a large-scale disturbance that requires land reclamation to equivalent land capability. Cover soils used for upland forest reclamation are forest floor mineral-mix (FFM) sourced from upland forest ecosystems and peat mineral-mix (PM) sourced from lowland...

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Main Authors: Sebastian T. Dietrich, M. Derek MacKenzie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00126/full