Do decomposing Scots pine, Norway spruce, and silver birch stems retain nitrogen?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3047-3055

  Palviainen, Marjo ^a   Laiho, Raija ^a   Mäkinen, Harri ^b   Finér, Leena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SILVER;

BOREAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; C/N RATIOS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; EARLY STAGES; FALLEN LOGS; FINLAND; MODEL ANALYSIS; N CONTENTS; NORWAY SPRUCES; NUTRIENT RETENTIONS; PENDULA; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; SCOTS PINES; SILVER BIRCHES; SLOW RELEASES;

FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; WOODY DEBRIS;

DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; SILVER;

BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 57849123804     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-147     Document Type: Article

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