Sustainability of forest management practices: Evaluation through a simulation model of nutrient cycling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 209-228

  Blanco, Juan A ^a   Zavala, Miguel A ^b   Imbert, J Bosco ^a   Castillo, Federico J ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest harvesting; Mediterranean pine forests; Navarre; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pinus sylvestris L.; Scots pine; Thinning; Whole tree removal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; NUTRITION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS;

FIELD DATA; NON-MANAGED FOREST; WHOLE-TREE HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

HARVESTING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; THINNING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILITY; FORESTATION; NUTRIENTS; QUALITY CLASSES; SIMULATION; SOIL; THINNING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EQUIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 20544440390     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.042     Document Type: Article

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