Stem-growth response of Pinus sylvestris and Picea ables to nitrogen fertilization as related to needle nitrogen concentration

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 208-214

  Sikström, Ulf ^a   Nohrstedt, Hans Örjan ^a   Pettersson, Folke ^a   Jacobson, Staffan ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foliar N threshold; N saturation

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031936689     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009712     Document Type: Article

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