Boreal Forest Soil Chemistry Data from Quebec Nitrogen Addition Study

Soil chemistry data from a 2013 study on nitrogen addition resilience in eastern Canadian boreal forests. The dataset comprises pH, CEC, BS, and concentrations of C, N, P, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Mn2+ measured across multiple soil horizons at two sites in Quebec. It was used in a manuscript by author Marie Renaudin.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil nutrient response to nitrogen addition based on measured chemical concentrations.
• Analyzing correlations between soil horizon chemistry and forest resilience based on multi-layer sampling.
• Comparing cation exchange capacity and base saturation across different boreal forest soil layers.

Strengths

• Data includes measurements from 7 distinct soil horizons (herbaceous/moss layer, litter, F, H, top B, low B, bottom B).
• Covers multiple chemical properties including pH, CEC, BS, and total concentrations of C, N, P, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Mn2+.
• Samples were collected from two distinct boreal forest sites receiving controlled ammonium nitrate treatments.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Marie Renaudin

Collection Method

Soil samples were collected and chemically analyzed as part of a controlled nitrogen addition experiment.

Time Range

2013

Geography

Two boreal forest sites located in Quebec, Canada.