Seasonality of nutrient availability in soils of subarctic mountain birch woodlands, Swedish Lapland

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Weih, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRCH; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL;

LAPLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031909030     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551741     Document Type: Article

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