by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1780-1784 In Canada’s eastern boreal forest, the stagnant growth of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) seedlings is often observed in the presence of ericaceous shrubs such as Kalmia angustifolia L. Many...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 42: 39-46 The physiological and osmotic roles of sucrose during black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) embryo maturation were investigated. The results showed that when both sucrose and mannitol were present in...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Canadian Journal of Soil Science 88: 315-325 Relationships between soil organic carbon (SOC), organic matter (SOM), and bulk density (BD) were established in acidic loamy to sandy loam fine fractions of forest soils in Québec (Canada). The interest...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Geoderma 145: 410-418 The pedological mass balance (PMB) model is still among the best quantitative geochemical approaches to estimate chemical weathering and pedogenesis. This one-dimensional vertical approach permits estimation of the enrichment factor...
by Marie-Claude Boileau | 30 January 2019
Published in Hydrological Processes 22: 4163-4172 In boreal forested wetlands, the observed increase in the water table level after clearcutting (watering-up) is often a threat to sustained ecosystem productivity. Hydrologic recovery refers to the processes by which a...