Applicability of a forest simulation model for estimating effects of nitrogen deposition on a forest ecosystem: Test of the validity of a gap-type model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-250

  Makipaa R ^a   Karjalainen, T ^b   Pussinen, A ^c   Kukkola, M ^a   Kellomaki S ^c   Malkonen E ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Boreal forest; Carbon; Litter; Long term experiment; Scots pine; Soil organic matter; Stem wood

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODELLING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

EID: 0344936634     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00237-0     Document Type: Article

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