Impacts of mechanical site preparation on foliar nutrients of planted white spruce seedlings on mixed-wood boreal forest sites in Alberta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 35-48

  Ellen MacDonald, S ^a   G Schmidt, Margaret ^b   Rothwell, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foliar aluminum; Foliar biomass; Foliar iron; Forest harvesting; Ion toxicity; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANTATION; PLOWING;

CANADA;

CANIDAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0032487473     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00272-2     Document Type: Article

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