Decomposition of Scots pine fine woody debris in boreal conditions: Implications for estimating carbon pools and fluxes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-412

  Vávřová, Petra ^a,b   Penttilä, Timo ^b   Laiho, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate; Decomposition; Fine woody debris (FWD); Forestry drained peatlands; Litter quality; Management simulations; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DEBRIS; NEEDLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; TIMBER; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CARBON POOLS; CLIMATE; DECOMPOSITION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ESTONIA; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; FINE WOODY DEBRIS (FWD); FINLAND; FOREST FLOORS; INITIAL MASSES; K VALUES; KLASON LIGNINS; LITTER QUALITIES; LITTER QUALITY; MASS LOSSES; NEEDLE LITTERS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PEATLANDS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; SCOTS PINE; SCOTS PINE FORESTS; SCOTS PINES; SITE TYPES; SOUTHERN FINLAND; THINNINGS; TOTAL VARIATIONS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LITTER; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARBON; DECAY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PINUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS; WOOD;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 56649095813     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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