Effects of clear-cutting and slash removal on soil water chemistry and forest-floor vegetation in a nutrient optimised Norway spruce stand

Silva Fennica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hedwall, Per Ola ^a   Grip, Harald ^a   Linder, Sune ^a   Lövdahl, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Urban ^a   Bergh, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest fertilisation; Forest undergrowth; Logging residues; N retention; Nutrient leakage; Picea abies; Whole tree harvest

Indexed keywords

FERTILISATION; FOREST UNDERGROWTH; LOGGING RESIDUES; N-RETENTION; PICEA ABIES; WHOLE-TREE HARVEST;

FLOORS; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; RETENTION; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE; VEGETATION; VOLUME; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84881145572     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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