The effect of water and nutrient availability on the productivity of Norway spruce in northern and southern Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 51-62

  Bergh, Johan ^a   Linder, Sune ^a   Lundmark, Tomas ^a   Elfving, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal; Fertilisation; Irrigation; Picea abies; Yield optimisation

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY; YIELD;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033612511     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00509-X     Document Type: Article

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