Decomposition of stumps in a chronosequence after clear-felling vs. clear-felling with prescribed burning in a southern boreal forest in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3606-3612

  Shorohova, Ekaterina ^a   Kapitsa, Ekaterina ^a   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^b  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bark; Coarse woody debris; Decomposition; Fire; Fragmentation; Managed forest

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; RATE CONSTANTS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; WOOD BULK DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BOREAL FOREST; BULK DENSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

COMBUSTION; DECAY; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; REACTION KINETICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA SP.; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 42649129317     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.042     Document Type: Article

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