Control of depth to permafrost and soil temperature by the forest floor in black spruce/feathermoss communities
By: C.T. Dyrness
Contributors: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: Research note PNW -- 396; Research note PNW -- 396.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Black spruce; Frozen ground; Soil temperature
Description: Changes in depth to permafrost and soil temperature were investigated for 4 years after treatment of the forest floor on small plots by fire and mechanical removal of half the forest floor layer and the entire layer. Study site was in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands about 45 km north of Fairbanks.
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"January 1982."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19).