Strong negative impacts of whole tree harvesting in pine stands on poor, sandy soils: A long-term nutrient budget modelling approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-111

  Vangansbeke, P ^a,b   De Schrijver, A ^a   De Frenne, P ^a   Verstraeten, A ^c   Gorissen, L ^b   Verheyen, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest management; Nutrient cycling; Stem only harvesting; Whole tree harvesting; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POSITIVE IONS; SAND; SOILS;

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PINUS NIGRA SSP. LARICIO; STAND PRODUCTIVITIES; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING; WOODY BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION GROWTH; SANDY SOIL; SOIL NUTRIENT; STEM; THINNING; WOOD;

BIOMASS; E I S; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PINUS NIGRA;

BELGIUM;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 85010193027     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.028     Document Type: Article

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