2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Soil C Response to Whole-Tree Harvesting and Forest Regeneration: 24-Year Sampling at a Spruce-Fir Paired-Watershed Study in Maine.
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765-5 Soil C Response to Whole-Tree Harvesting and Forest Regeneration: 24-Year Sampling at a Spruce-Fir Paired-Watershed Study in Maine.



Wednesday, 8 October 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E
James McLaughlin and Sandra Wawryszyn, CANADA,ON Ministry of Nat. Resour., Ontario Forest Research Institute, 1235 Queen Street East, Sault Ste Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada
There is increasing concern regarding whole-tree harvesting (WTH) and depletion of forest soil C pools in North America.  However, recent research indicates that forest ecosystems may be resilient in terms of WTH and soil C in organic and surface mineral soil (> 20 cm-depth) C pool.  Less is known about deeper subsoil C pool response to WTH and forest regeneration.  This presentation will address subsurface C pools during 24 years of regeneration following WTH in the spruce-forest forest in north-central Maine.  Comparisons will be made to a reference spruce-fir stand and preharvest conditions.
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