Comparison of litterfall and nutrient return in a Vaccinio uliginosi-Betuletum pubescentis and an Empetro nigri-Pinetum forest ecosystem in northern Poland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2331-2341

  Astel, Aleksander ^a   Parzych, Agnieszka ^a   Trojanowski, Jan ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass abundance; Betula pubescens; Nutrient cycling; Pinus sylvestris; S owi ski National Park

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ABUNDANCE; AIR HUMIDITIES; AIR TEMPERATURES; BETULA PUBESCENS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC STRESS; FLOWER BUDS; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; GROWING SEASONS; INORGANIC NITROGENS; INTER ANNUALS; LITTERFALL; MAXIMAL VALUES; MINIMAL VALUES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC NITROGENS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITATION VOLUMES; ROOTING ZONES; SEA SPRAYS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; UNDERGROUND WATER LEVELS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; NEEDLES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PARKS; PHOSPHORUS; REFORESTATION; SEAWATER; SEED; WATER CONTENT; WATER LEVELS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROUND WATER; NEEDLES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLAND; REFORESTATION; SEA WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POMORSKIE; SLOWINSKI NATIONAL PARK;

BETULA PUBESCENS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIO;

EID: 67349126500     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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