Carbon sequestration rates in Swedish forest soils - A comparison of three approaches

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-558

  Berg, Björn ^a,b   Gundersen, Per ^c   Akselsson, Cecilia ^d   Johansson, Maj Britt ^e   Nilsson, Åke ^e   Vesterdal, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest floor C; Limit value; Litter decomposition; Stable humus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION RATES; FOREST LANDS; FOREST SOILS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HUMUS; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 36549031727     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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