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Reduced mineralizable carbon in a boreal forest soil after three years of artificial warming

Summary

Published in Canadian Journal of Soil Science 93: 567-572. doi: 10.4141/CJSS2013-046

Soil warming is expected to reduce organic carbon pools. We incubated soils from a balsam fir stand previously subjected to 3 yr of in situ experimental warming (+4°C). Mineralizable carbon was significantly reduced (16-25%) in heated soils, corresponding to a 0.4-0.8% decline in the organic carbon pool.

Sector(s): 

Forests

Categorie(s): 

Scientific Article

Theme(s): 

Ecosystems and Environment, Forest Ecology, Forestry Research, Forests

Author(s)

D'ORANGEVILLE, Loïc, Benoît CÔTÉ, Daniel HOULE and Joann WHALEN

Year of publication :

2013

Keywords :

carbone, sol forestier, changement climatique, forêt boréale, cycle du carbone, écologie forestière, écosystèmes et environnement, article scientifique de recherche forestière, forest soil, carbon, climatic change, boreal forest, carbon cycling

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