A nutrient budget for a selection harvest: Implications for long-term sustainability

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2064-2077

  Phillips, Tyler ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; AVERAGE VALUES; BASAL AREA; BASE CATIONS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; INPUT PARAMETER; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MINERAL WEATHERING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NET LOSS; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; NUTRIENT LOSS; ONTARIO; STREAM CHEMISTRY; SUGAR MAPLE; TREE SPECIES;

BUDGET CONTROL; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUTRIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BASAL AREA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; HARVESTING; MASS BALANCE; MINERAL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 84870870753     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0224     Document Type: Article

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