Soil CO2 flux during the first yearsafter stump harvesting in two Swedish forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-79

  Strömgren, Monika ^a   Mjöfors, Kristina ^a   Holmström, Björn ^a   Grelle, Achim ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C stock; Picea abies; Site preparation; Soil C; Soil disturbance; Soil respiration; Stump removal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PICEA ABIES; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL RESPIRATION; STUMP REMOVALS;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOSSIL FUEL; HARVESTING; HETEROTROPHY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE STUMP;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; PICEA ABIES; RESPIRATION; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84858319626     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.66     Document Type: Article

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