PH sensitivity of Swedish forest streams related to catchment characteristics and geographical location - Implications for forest bioenergy harvest and ash return

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 276, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-23

  Ågren, Anneli ^a   Löfgren, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Catchment characteristics; Forest bioenergy harvest; Land cover; Stream water

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE CHEMISTRY; BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS HARVEST; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FORESTED WETLANDS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; LANDSCAPE TYPE; MINERAL SOILS; NATIONAL LEVEL; PH RANGE; PH SENSITIVE; PH SENSITIVITY; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; STREAM WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; PH SENSORS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ACID SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; ASH; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GUIDELINE; HARVESTING; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; TILL;

ACIDIFICATION; ENERGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSORS; SOIL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84859787201     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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