Environmental services provided from riparian forests in the nordic countries

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 555-566

  Gundersen, Per ^a   Laurén, Ari ^b   Finér, Leena ^b   Ring, Eva ^c   Koivusalo, Harri ^d   Sætersdal, Magne ^e   Weslien, Jan Olov ^c   Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^f   Högbom, Lars ^c   Laine, Jukka ^b   Hansen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d Skog Og Landskap ^*  (Finland)

^e Skog Og Landskap   (Norway)

^f AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clear cutting; Greenhouse gas exchange; Riparian forest buffer; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEARCUTTING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SURFACE WATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SCANDINAVIA; TREE; WATER FLOW;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; SCANDINAVIA; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77957698342     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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