Consequences of nitrate leaching following stem-only harvesting of Swedish forests are dependent on spatial scale

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3552-3559

  Futter, M N ^a   Ring, E ^b   Hogbom L ^b   Entenmann, S ^c   Bishop, K H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic; Forests; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

BALTIC; FOREST HARVEST; FORESTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NITRATE LEACHING; RIPARIAN ZONES; ROOTING ZONES; SHALLOW WELLS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL SCALE;

GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITRATES; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

FORESTRY;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST INVENTORY; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRATE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOGGING; NITRATE LEACHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STEM ONLY HARVESTING; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; NITRATES; PLANT STEMS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWEDEN; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NITRATE GROUPS; SWEDEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

EID: 77957702061     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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