Nutrient concentrations in stumps and coarse roots of Norway spruce, Scots pine and silver birch in Sweden, Finland and Denmark

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 290, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Hellsten, Sofie ^a   Helmisaari, Heljä Sisko ^b   Melin, Ylva ^c   Skovsgaard, Jens Peter ^c   Kaakinen, Seija ^d   Kukkola, Mikko ^d   Saarsalmi, Anna ^d   Petersson, Hans ^c   Akselsson, Cecilia ^e  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nutrient concentrations; Root bark; Root wood; Roots; Stumps

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; FINLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORWAY SPRUCE; NUTRIENT BALANCE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ROOT BARK; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOTS; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTS PINE; SILVER BIRCH; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; STAND AGE; STUMPS;

FORESTRY; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

NUTRIENTS;

BARK; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SODIUM; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BARK; CONCENTRATION; FORESTRY; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ROOTS; SODIUM;

DENMARK; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84872679576     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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