Effects of Ledum groenlandicum amendments on soil characteristics and black spruce seedling growth

Plant Ecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Inderjit, ^a,b   Mallik, A U ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Inorganic ions; Interference; Phenolics; Soil

Indexed keywords

LEDUM GROENLANDICUM;

EID: 0030695058     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009781011591     Document Type: Article

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