Relationship between basal soil respiration rate, tree stand and soil characteristics in boreal forests

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Vanhala, Pekka ^a   Tamminen, P ^b   Fritze, H ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Forest soil; Soil microbiology; Soil respiration; Variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BASAL SOIL RESPIRATION RATE; FERTILE SITES; ORGANIC CARBON BASES; SOIL CHEMICAL VARIABLES;

SOILS;

FERTILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAIGA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

CARBON; FERTILITY; FORESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 14944358176     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9134-0     Document Type: Article

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