Demography of fine roots in response to nutrient applications in a Norway spruce stand in southwestern Sweden

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Majdi, Hooshang ^a   Kangas, Pekka ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demography; Fine root mortality; Fine root production; Longevity; Minirhizotron; Norway spruce; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE;

DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION; FINE ROOT; LONGEVITY; MINIRHIZOTRON; MORTALITY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PRODUCTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031436986     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682396     Document Type: Article

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