Impacts of post-harvest slash and live-tree retention on biomass and nutrient stocks in Populus tremuloides Michx.-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-288

  Klockow, Paul A ^a   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Bradford, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass harvesting; Coarse woody debris; Fine woody debris; Green tree retention; Nutrient stocks; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS HARVESTING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; GREEN-TREE RETENTION; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CARBON; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; LAKES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CREATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RETENTION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE; WOODY DEBRIS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84871912802     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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