Long-term effect of forest drainage on the peat carbon stores of pine mires in Finland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1267-1275

  Minkkinen, Kari ^a   Laine, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORESTRY; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER; WATER LEVELS;

MACROCLIMATIC REGIONS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; PEAT CARBON;

PEAT;

CARBON BUDGET; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; MIRE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0032171980     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-104     Document Type: Article

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