Spruce vs. pine did not impact soil organic carbon density but strongly affected a functionally important dwarf shrub in a boreal production forest system

• Stein Joar Hegland ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stein.joar.hegland@hvl.no

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and were the joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-5966

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• Emma E. Olsson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

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• Martin Stensaker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4604-6112

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• Jakob Gilhuus,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

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• Ben Snook,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

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• Knut Rydgren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

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• Mark A. K. Gillespie

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and were the joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway

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