Competition for water and nutrients between ground vegetation and planted Picea Abies

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-117

  Örlander, Göran ^a   Nilsson, Urban ^a   Hällgren, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C abundance; 15N abundance; Competition; Ground vegetation; Herbicide; Mounding; Mowing; Needle conductance; Nitrate; Picea abies; Slash; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CURCULIONIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 0030318597     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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