Decomposition of stumps 10 years after partial and complete harvesting in a southern boreal forest in Finland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2414-2421

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINLAND; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; SCOTS PINES;

RATE CONSTANTS;

BARK; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; BULK DENSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; FRAGMENTATION; GAP DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RETENTION; SURFACE AREA; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

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

EID: 51649112700     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-083     Document Type: Article

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