Assessing soil calcium depletion following growth and harvesting of Sitka spruce plantation forestry in the acid sensitive Welsh uplands.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Reynolds, B ^a   Stevens, P A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LOGGING; PLANTATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0032447390     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2-345-1998     Document Type: Article

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