Long-term effects on the nitrogen budget of a short-rotation grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) forest on abandoned agricultural land

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 920-930

  Uri, Veiko ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^b   Mander, Ülo ^b   Ostonen, Ivika ^b   Aosaar, Jürgen ^a   Maddison, Martin ^b   Helmisaari, Heljä Sisko ^c   Augustin, Jürgen ^d  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Carbon sequestration; Grey alder; Land use changes; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen leaching; Short rotation forestry

Indexed keywords

ALNUS INCANA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREY ALDER; LAND USE CHANGES; NITROGEN LEACHING; SHORT-ROTATION FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITROGEN; REFORESTATION; ROTATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TIMBER;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ACIDITY; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHING; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STAND STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ALNUS INCANA; CARBON; CHELATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; REFORESTATION; ROTATION; SOIL;

ESTONIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA;

EID: 79955596143     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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