Export of phosphorus and nitrogen from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) brash windrows on harvested blanket peat forests

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-170

  Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^a,b   Nieminen, Mika ^c   O'Driscoll, Connie ^b   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Sarkkola, Sakari ^c   Kaila, Annu ^c   Sana, Afshan ^a   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Zhan, Xinmin ^a   Xiao, Liwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Brash; Laboratory flumes; Mini catchments; Windrow

Indexed keywords

BLANKET PEAT; BLANKET PEAT FORESTS; BRASH; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINI-CATCHMENTS; WINDROW;

CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; PEAT; PEAT SOIL; PHOSPHORUS; ROBBING;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

EID: 84892862278     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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