Logging residue removal after thinning in Nordic boreal forests: Long-term impact on tree growth

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1919-1927

  Helmisaari, Heljä Sisko ^a   Hanssen, Kjersti Holt ^b   Jacobson, Staffan ^c   Kukkola, Mikko ^d   Luiro, Jukka ^d   Saarsalmi, Anna ^d   Tamminen, Pekka ^d   Tveite, Bjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Fertlisation; Logging residues; Nitrogen (N); Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; FERTLISATION; LOGGING RESIDUES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EXPERIMENTS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUTRIENT CYCLING; THINNING; VOLUME;

SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79955016797     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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