Decomposition and nutrient release from logging residues after clear-cutting of mixed boreal forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Palviainen, M ^a   Finer L ^b   Kurka, A M ^a   Mannerkoski, H ^b   Piirainen, S ^a   Starr, M ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

carbon; harvesting; mineralization; nitrogen; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT RESIDUE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 3042585985     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000047718.34805.fb     Document Type: Article

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