Fertilization in boreal and temperate forests and the potential for biomass production

Forest BioEnergy Production: Management, Carbon Sequestration and Adaptation

Volumn 9781461483915, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-109

  Bergh, Johan ^a   Hedwall, Per Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon balance; Climate change; Forest fertilization; Forest management; Nitrogen; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrient leakage; Nutrient optimization; Renewable energy; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BOREAL AND TEMPERATE FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; FERTILISATION; FOREST FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT LEAKAGE; NUTRIENT OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84929613271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8391-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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