Stump decomposition rates after clear-felling with and without prescribed burning in southern and northern boreal forests in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-84

  Shorohova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Ignatyeva, Olga ^c   Kapitsa, Ekaterina ^b   Kauhanen, Heikki ^a   Kuznetsov, Anton ^b   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c North Western Forest Inventory Enterprise   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bark; Betula sp.; Coarse woody debris; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Roots

Indexed keywords

BARK; BETULA SP.; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ROOTS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; NUTRIENTS; RATE CONSTANTS; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CLEARCUTTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

BARK; BETULA; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ROOTS; WOOD;

FINLAND;

BETULA SP.; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 80054691169     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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