Whole-tree harvesting and grass seeding as potential mitigation methods for phosphorus export in peatland catchments

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 319, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-185

  O'Driscoll, Connie ^a,b   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^b   Eyto, Elvira de ^c   Poole, Russell ^c   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Zhan, Xinmin ^a   Nieminen, Mika ^d   Xiao, Liwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Forest clearfelling; Grass seeding; Phosphorus export; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

BLANKET PEAT; CLEAR-FELLING; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MITIGATION METHODS; TOTAL REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CATCHMENT; CLEARCUTTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEEDING;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEEDING; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84897870904     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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