Implications of pre- and post-fertilizing changes in growth and nitrogen pools following multiple applications of nitrogen fertilizer to a Pinus radiata stand over 12 years

Plant and Soil

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-307

  Neilsen, W A ^a   Lynch, T ^a  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forest growth; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen fertilization; Pinus radiata; Sequestering carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0031664180     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004330703286     Document Type: Article

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