The effects of NPK fertilization for nine years on boreal forest vegetation in northwestern Canada

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-346

  Turkington, Roy ^a   John, Elizabeth ^a,e   Krebs, C J ^a   Dale, M R T ^b   Nams, V O ^c   Boonstra, R ^d   Boutin, S ^b   Martin, K ^a   Sinclair, A R E ^a   Smith, J N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone crop; Growth rate; Plant productivity; Seed production; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; YUKON;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANEMONE; ANEMONE PARRIFLORA; ANEMONE PARVIFLORA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVAURSI; BETULA; BETULA GLANDULOSA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FESTUCA ALTAICA; MERTENSIA PANICULATA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; SALIX; SALIX GLAUCA; UVA URSI;

EID: 0031766509     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237098     Document Type: Article

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