Does low phosphorus supply limit seedling establishment and tree growth in groves of ectomycorrhizal trees in a central African rainforest?

New Phytologist

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-311

  Newbery, D M ^a   Chuyong, G B ^a,b   Green, J J ^a   Songwe, N C ^b   Tchuenteu, F ^b   Zimmermann, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Korup; Phosphorus; Rain forest; Seedlings; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE;

AFRICA;

MICROBERLINIA; MICROBERLINIA BISULCATA;

EID: 0036828597     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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