Soil-CO2 flux after patch scarification, harrowing and stump harvest in a hemi-boreal forest

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 754-761

  Strömgren, Monika ^a   Mjöfors, Kristina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; site preparation; soil C; soil disturbance; soil respiration; stump removal

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; FIRST YEAR; LOWEST R; MINERAL SOILS; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SURFACES; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY; HARROWING; HARVESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; RESPIRATION; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL;

EID: 84869195890     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.723741     Document Type: Article

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