Nutrient removal under different harvesting scenarios for larch plantations in northeast China: Implications for nutrient conservation and management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 400, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-158

  Yan, Tao ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b   Yang, Kai ^a,b   Yu, Lizhong ^a,b   Zhang, Jinxin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Larix spp.; Nutrient removal; Residue management; Stand age; Tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MANGANESE; ZINC;

LARIX SPP; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; STAND AGE; TREE HARVESTING;

NUTRIENTS;

AGE STRUCTURE; BARK; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT LOSS; PLANT RESIDUE; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LARIX; NUTRIENTS; PLANTATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

LARIX;

EID: 85020403949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.004     Document Type: Article

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