Decomposition of Norway spruce and Scots pine needles: Effects of liming

Plant and Soil

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Smolander, Aino ^a   Kitunen, Veikko ^a   Paavolainen, Laura ^a   Mälkönen, Eino ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash fertilization; Liming; Litter decomposition; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001848265     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011636     Document Type: Article

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