Logging residue removal after thinning in boreal forests: Long-term impact on the nutrient status of Norway spruce and Scots pine needles

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-88

  Luiro, Jukka ^a   Kukkola, Mikko ^a   Saarsalmi, Anna ^a   Tamminen, Pekka ^a   Helmisaari, Helja Sisko ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Logging residues; Needle analysis; Nutrient removal; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); LONG-TERM CHANGE; STEM; THINNING;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SOIL; SPRUCE; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; METALS, ALKALI; METALS, ALKALINE EARTH; PICEA; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 77950363133     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp097     Document Type: Article

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