Influence of different tree-harvesting intensities on forest soil carbon stocks in boreal and northern temperate forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-19

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a   Gundersen, Per ^b   Jönsson Belyazid, Ulrika ^c   Kjønaas, O Janne ^a   Persson, Tryggve ^d   Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^e   Stupak, Inge ^b   Vesterdal, Lars ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Belyazid Consulting and Communication AB   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Forest harvesting; Governance; Review; Soil organic carbon; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; ORGANIC CARBON; PUBLIC POLICY; REVIEWS; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST HARVESTING; GOVERNANCE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HARVESTING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TREE PLANTING;

CHELATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SOIL; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930201121     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.034     Document Type: Review

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