Changes in the above- and below-ground biomass and nutrient pools of ground vegetation after clear-cutting of a mixed boreal forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 157-167

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

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Field layer; Leaching losses; Mosses; Nutrient accumulation; Roots

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; LEACHING;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 27944437056     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-1256-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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