Sequestration of carbon in the humus layer of Swedish forests - direct measurements

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 962-975

  Berg, Björn ^a,b   Johansson, Maj Britt ^c   Nilsson, Áke ^d   Gundersen, Per ^e   Norell, Lennart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; C SEQUESTRATION; DATA SETS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST TYPE; KRIGING INTERPOLATION; LAND AREAS; LAYER THICKNESS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RATE OF CHANGE; SCOTS PINE; SITE CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL VALUES; TREE SPECIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; INTERSECTIONS;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; HUMUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PODZOL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMUS; PICEA; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 66249134239     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-022     Document Type: Article

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