Effects of forest biomass harvesting on soil productivity in boreal and temperate forests-A review

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 278-309

  Thiffault, Evelyne ^a   Hannam, Kirsten D ^b   Paré, David ^a   Titus, Brian D ^b   Hazlett, Paul W ^c   Maynard, Doug G ^b   Brais, Suzanne ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; Soil productivity; Stand productivity; Tree nutrition; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POSITIVE IONS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

FOREST BIOMASS; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; STAND PRODUCTIVITIES; TREE NUTRITION; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84857536136     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a11-009     Document Type: Review

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