Reduced soil P availability in a sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) plantation induced by applied acid-mist: Significance in forest decline

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 153-166

  Carreira, J A ^a,b   Harrison, A F ^a   Sheppard, Lucy J ^a   Woods, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mist; Acidic deposition; Al ratio; Ca + Mg; Mature tree; P deficiency; Picea sitchensis; Root bioassay; Soil acidification; Soil P availability

Indexed keywords

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PICEA; PINACEAE;

ACID DEPOSITION; FOREST DECLINE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; SITKA SPRUCE; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPRUCE;

EID: 0030619520     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03914-X     Document Type: Article

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