Effect of removal of logging residue on nutrient leaching and nutrient pools in the soil after clearcutting in a Norway spruce stand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1372-1383

  Wall, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass harvesting; Nutrient flux; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FINANCE; HARVESTING; LEACHING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

BIOMASS HARVESTING; GROWING SEASONS; NET LOSS; NORWAY SPRUCE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT FLUX; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT LEACHING; NUTRIENT POOLS; ORGANIC MATTER; PICEA ABIES KARST; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL LAYERING; SOIL NUTRIENTS; STEM-ONLY HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; LEACHING; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL HORIZON;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FERTILITY; FINANCE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LEACHING; LOGGING; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PRINTING PLATES; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 49749122635     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.044     Document Type: Article

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