Carbon and nitrogen pools in an old-growth, Norway spruce mixed forest in eastern Finland and changes associated with clear-cutting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 51-63

  Finér, Leena ^a   Mannerkoski, Hannu ^b   Piirainen, Sirpa ^b   Starr, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Birch; Harvesting; Norway spruce; Nutrient fluxes; Scots pine; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM POOLS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037450625     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00019-1     Document Type: Article

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