Ground water quality: Leaching of nitrogen and phosphorus during production of forest seedlings in containers

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1868-1874

  Juntunen, Marja Liisa ^a   Hammar, Taina ^b   Rikala, Risto ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEED; WATER QUALITY;

FERTILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; FINLAND; FOREST; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; SCOTS PINE; TREE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; FORESTRY; PINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPRUCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

BETULA; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PICEA; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036835617     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2002.1868     Document Type: Article

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