Soil nutrient status and revegetation practices of downhill skiing areas in Finnish Lapland - A case study of Mt. Yllas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-268

  Ruth Balaganskaya, Ekaterina ^a   Myllynen Malinen, Kirsi ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Restoration; Ski run; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINLAND; REVEGETATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION;

FINLAND; MOUNT YLLAS;

EID: 0034734290     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(00)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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