Impacts of initial stand density and thinning regimes on energy wood production and management-related CO 2 emissions in boreal ecosystems

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 655-667

  Alam, Ashraful ^a   Kilpeläinen, Antti ^a,b   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystem; Ecosystem model; Emission calculation; Energy wood production; Management

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLEARCUTTING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84859507804     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0539-8     Document Type: Article

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