Decomposition of harvest residue needles on peatlands drained for forestry - Implications for nutrient and heavy metal dynamics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 277, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-149

  Kaila, Annu ^a,c   Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^b   Sarkkola, Sakari ^a   Xiao, Liwen ^b   Laurén, Ari ^a   Vasander, Harri ^c   Nieminen, Mika ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Element release; Harvesting; Litter bag Experiment; Needles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; ELEMENT RELEASE; FORESTED AREA; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST RESIDUES; HELSINKI; LITTERBAGS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PEAT LAND; PEAT SOILS; PICEA ABIES; PINE NEEDLE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOUTHERN FINLAND; WATERBODIES;

DECOMPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NEEDLES; NUTRIENTS; REFORESTATION; SOILS; TIMBER; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

HARVESTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT RESIDUE; REGENERATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84861331958     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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