Effects of wood ash fertilization on forest floor greenhouse gas emissions and tree growth in nutrient poor drained peatland forests

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4580-4590

  Ernfors, M ^a   Sikstrom U ^b   Nilsson, M ^c   Klemedtsson, L ^d  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuel wood ash; Bog; CH4; CO2; N2O; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

BOG; CH4; CO2; N2O; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WOOD ASH;

BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS; WOOD;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FLOOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RESPONSE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PEATLAND; STAND DYNAMICS; WOOD ASH;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIFICATION; NEEDLE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PEATLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TREE GROWTH; WOOD ASH; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TREE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TREES; WOOD;

ASH; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUND WATER; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS; WOOD;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77955926937     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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