Development of ground vegetation biomass and nutrient pools in a clear-cut disc-plowed boreal forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-52

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Field layer vegetation; Mosses; Nutrient retention; Roots; Soil preparation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; MOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34548086507     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9317-2     Document Type: Article

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