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British Columbia and Affiliated Site Publications

Maynard, D.G.; Curran, M.P. In press. Bulk density measurement in forest soils. Ch. 66 In: Carter, M.R. (ed.) Soil sampling and methods of analysis. Canadian Society of Soil Science and Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton FL.

Fleming, R.L., R.F. Powers, N.W. Foster, J.M. Kranabetter, D.A. Scott, F. Ponder, Jr., S. Berch, W. Chapman, R.D. Kabzems, K. Ludovici, D.M. Morris, D.S. Page-Dumroese, P.T. Sanborn, F.G. Sanchez, D.M. Stone, and A.E. Tiarks. 2006. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on 5-year seedling performance: a regional comparison of Long-Term Soil Productivity sites. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 529–550.

Kranabetter, J.M.; Sanborn, P.; Chapman, B.K.; Dube, S. 2006. The contrasting response to soil disturbance between lodgepole pine and hybrid white spruce in subboreal forests. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 1591–1599.

Choi, W-J.; Chang, S.X.; Curran, M.P.; Ro, H-M. 2005. Foliar d13C and d15N response of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir seedlings to soil compaction and forest floor removal. For. Sci. 51(6): 546–555.

Curran, M.P.; Heninger, R.L.; Maynard, D.G.; Powers, R.F. 2005. Harvesting effects on soils, tree growth and long-term productivity. p 3-15. In: USFS GTR-PNW-642. Productivity of Western Forests: A Forest Products Focus. USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.

Curran, M.P.; Maynard, D.G.; Heninger, R.L.; Terry, T.A.; Howes, S.W.; Stone, D.M.; Niemann, T.; Miller, R.E.; Powers, R.F. 2005. An adaptive management process for forest soil conservation. Forestry Chron. 81(5): 717–722.

Curran, M.P.; Miller, R.E.; Howes, S.W.; Maynard, D.G.; Terry, T.A.; Heninger, R.L.; Niemann, T.; van Rees, K.; Powers, R.F.; Shoenholtz, S.H. 2005. Progress towards more uniform assessment and reporting of soil disturbance for operations, research and sustainability protocols. For. Ecol. Manage. 220: 17–30.

Haeussler, S.; Kabzems, R. 2005. Aspen plant community response to organic matter removal and soil compaction. Can. J. For. Res. 35: 2030–2044.

Kabzems, T.; Haeussler, S. 2005. Soil properties, aspen, and white spruce responses 5 years after organic matter removal and compaction treatments. Can. J. For. Res. 35: 2045–2055.

Kamaluddin, M.; Chang, S.X.; Curran, M.P.; Zwiazek J.J. 2005. Soil compaction and forest floor removal affect early growth and physiology of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir in British Columbia. For. Sci. 51: 513–521.

Battigelli, J.P.; Spence, J.R.; Langor, D.W.; Berch, S.M. 2004. Short-term impact of forest soil compaction and organic matter removal on soil mesofauna density and oribatid mite diversity. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 1136–1149.

Kranabetter, J. M.;Chapman, B.K. 2004. An analysis of litter nitrogen dynamics using artificial soils across a gradient of forest soil disturbances. Can. J. Soil Sci. 84: 159–167.

Axelrood, P.E.; Chow, M.L.; Radomski, C.C.; McDermott, J.M.; Davies, J. 2002. Molecular characterization of bacterial diversity from British Columbia forest soils subjected to disturbance. Can. J. Microbiol. 48: 655–674.

Axelrood, P.E.; Chow, M.L.; Arnold, C.S.; Lu, K.; McDermott, J.M.; Davies, J. 2002. Cultivation-dependant characterization of bacterial diversity from British Columbia forest soils subjected to disturbance. Can. J. Microbiol. 48: 643–654.

Chow, M.L.; Radomski, C.C.; McDermott, J.M.; Davies, J.; Axelrood, P.E. 2002. Molecular characterization of bacterial diversity in Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) rhizosphere soils from British Columbia forest soils differing in disturbance and geographic source. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 42: 347–357.

Haeussler, S.; Bedford, L.; Leduc, A.; Bergeron, Y.; Kranabetter, J.M. 2002. Silvicultural disturbance severity and plant communities of the southern Canadian boreal forest. Silva Fennica 36: 307–327.

Stone, D.M.; Kabzems, R. 2002. Aspen development on similar soils in Minnesota and British Columbia after compaction and forest floor removal. For. Chron. 78: 886–891.

Arencena, J.M. 2000. Cations in solution form forest soil subjected to forest floor removal and compaction treatments. For. Ecol. Manage. 133: 71–80.

Battigelli, J.P. 2000. Impact of soil compaction and organic matter removal on soil fauna in the Sub-Boreal Spruce biogeoclimatic zone of central British Columbia. Ph.D. dissertation, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Conlin, T.S.S.; van den Driessche, R. 2000. Response of soil CO₂ and O₂ concentrations to forest soil compaction at the Long-Term Soil Productivity sites in central British Columbia. Can. J. Soil Sci. 80: 625–632.

Arocena, J.M.; Sanborn, P. 1999. Mineralogy and genesis of selected soils and their implications for forest management in central and northeastern British Columbia. Can. J. Soil Sci. 79: 571–592.

Kranabetter, J.M.; Chapman, B.K. 1999. Effects of forest soil compaction and organic matter removal on leaf litter decomposition in central British Columbia. Can. J. Soil Sci. 79: 543–550.

LTSP research notes (full linkages, text pdf's available here (https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/ltsp/online.htm):

LTSPS Research Note 01 Second year response of plant communities; The SBS Long-term Soil Productivity Study.

LTSPS Research Note 02 Fourth Year Responses of Aspen and White Spruce; The BWBS Long-Term Soil Productivity Study.

LTSPS Research Note 03 Fourth-Year Plant Community Responses: The BWBS Long-Term Soil Productivity Study.

LTSPS Research Note 04 Nutrient Removals in Woody Biomass: Preliminary Estimates from the Sub-Boreal Spruce Long-Term Soil Productivity Study.

LTSPS Research Note 05 Soil Fauna in the Sub-Boreal Spruce (SBS) Installations of the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study of Central British Columbia: One-Year Results for Soil Mesofauna and Macrofauna.

LTSPS Research Note 06 Aspen and white spruce responses to organic matter removal and soil compaction in the BWBS Long-Term Soil Productivity Study.

LTSPS Research Note 07 Short-term Effects of Forest Soil Compaction and Site Organic Matter Removal on Mineralizable Soil Nitrogen in Central British Columbia.

LTSPS Research Note 08 Establishment of Long-term Soil Productivity Studies on Acidic Soils in the Interior Douglas-fir Zone.

The Long-Term Soil Productivity Study in British Columbia. FRDA report 256.

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