Effects of timber harvest intensity on macronutrient cycling in oak-dominated stands on sandy soils of northwest Wisconsin

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Wilhelm, Kelly ^a   Rathsack, Brittney ^a   Bockheim, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest harvest; Forest management; Forest soils; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient depletion

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ACCUMULATION RATES; BULK PRECIPITATION; DRY MATTERS; FIRST YEAR; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST SOILS; HARVEST TREATMENTS; LEACHING LOSS; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; NUTRIENT INPUT-OUTPUT; OAK-DOMINATED STANDS; POSTHARVEST; SANDY SOILS; STATE FORESTS; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER HARVESTS; WHOLE-TREE HARVEST; WISCONSIN;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAKES; LEACHING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MINERALOGY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; SAND; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SANDY SOIL; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAKES; LEACHING; LOGGING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SAND; SOIL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84871830352     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.047     Document Type: Article

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