Variability of nitrification potentials in patches of undergrowth vegetation in primary Scots pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 97-103

  De Boer, W ^a   Kester, R A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nitrification; Scots pine; Spatial variability; Undergrowth species

Indexed keywords

NITRIFICATION; SCOTS PINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERGROWTH SPECIES;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030587645     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03789-9     Document Type: Article

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