Nutrient fluctuations in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plantations: The implications for future forest management practice

Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-271

  Adam, M ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

ENGLAND(CUMBRIA); GRIZEDALE FOREST; UNITED KINGDOM;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032878472     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/72.3.249     Document Type: Article

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