Introduction to the NITREX and EXMAN projects

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Wright, Richard F ^a   Rasmussen, Lennart ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drought; Ecosystem; Experiment; Forest; Nitrogen; Soil; Sulphur; Water

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EXMAN PROJECT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST DECLINE; NITREX PROJECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032006033     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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