Controlling growth and chemical composition of saplings by iteratively matching nutrient supply to demand: A bootstrap fertilization technique

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Wait, D Alexander ^a,b,c   Jones, Clive G ^b   Schaedle, Michael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Foliar carbon; Foliar nitrogen; Growth rate; Nutrition; Populus deltoides; Steady state growth

Indexed keywords

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 0030061987     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.3.359     Document Type: Article

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