A meta-analysis of the effects of Clearcut and variable-retention harvesting on soil nitrogen fluxes in boreal and temperate forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1852-1870

  Jerabkova, Lucie ^a   Prescott, Cindy E ^a   Titus, Brian D ^b   Hope, Graeme D ^c   Walters, Michael B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL AND TEMPERATE FOREST; CLEARCUT HARVESTING; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIELD TRIAL; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHATES; LEACHING LOSS; LEAF LITTER; META-ANALYSIS; N AVAILABILITY; N MINERALIZATION RATE; NEEDLE LITTER; NITRIFICATION RATES; POSTHARVEST; SOIL NITROGEN;

HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIFICATION; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; HARVESTING; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; META-ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 80052246560     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-087     Document Type: Article

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