White spruce foliar nutrient concentrations in relation to tree growth and soil nutrient amounts

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-99

  Wang, G G ^a   Klinka, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diameter growth; Foliar nutrient diagnosis; Height growth; Picea glauca; Site index

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0030687964     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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