Fertilization in northern forests - biological, economic and environmental constraints and possibilities

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 301-311

  Hedwall, Per Ola ^a   Gong, Peichen ^a,b   Ingerslev, Morten ^c   Bergh, Johan ^a,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b The North European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute EFINORD   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fertilization; forest economics; forest management; nutrient addition; plantation forestry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EARNINGS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FERTILIZATION; FOREST ECONOMICS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; NUTRIENT ADDITION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURAL MEASURE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS;

EID: 84904804910     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.926096     Document Type: Review

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