Whole tree harvesting can reduce second rotation forest productivity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1104-1111

  Walmsley, J D ^a   Jones, D L ^a   Reynolds, B ^b   Price, M H ^a   Healey, J R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspect; Biomass energy; Forest residue harvesting; Great Britain; Plantation; Productivity; Sitka spruce; Soil quality; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; COMPOSTING; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

ASPECT; BIOMASS ENERGY; FOREST RESIDUE HARVESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; PLANTATION; SITKA SPRUCE; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HEIGHT; REGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; COMPOSTING; ENERGY; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOIL; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 58149302674     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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