Foliar turnover rates in Finland - comparing estimates from needle-cohort and litterfall-biomass methods

• Main Authors: Tupek, Boris, Mäkipää, Raisa, Heikkinen, Juha, Peltoniemi, Mikko, Ukonmaanaho, Liisa, Hokkanen, Tatu, Nojd, Pekka, Nevalainen, Seppo, Lindgren, Martti, Lehtonen, Aleksi
• Other Authors: Department of Forest Sciences, Ecosystem processes (INAR Forest Sciences)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Environment Institute 2016
• Subjects: PINUS-SYLVESTRIS L; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; SPRUCE PICEA-ABIES; SCOTS PINE; NORWAY SPRUCE; CARBON; SOIL; STAND; MODELS; BIRCH; 4112 Forestry; Norway; The Needle; Boreal Environment Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/165220

Soil carbon models serving national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories need precise litter input estimates that typically originate from regionally-averaged and species-specific biomass turnover rates. We compared the foliar turnover rates estimated from long-term measurements by two methods: the need...