Rates of sustainable forest harvest depend on rotation length and weathering of soil minerals

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-205

  Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A ^a   Hamburg, Steven P ^b   Yanai, Ruth D ^c   Blum, Joel D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bioenergy; Ecosystem budget; Soil weathering; Sustainable forestry; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893579046     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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