Soil and tree-ring chemistry response to liming in a sugar maple stand

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1993-2000

  Houle, Daniel ^a   Duchesne, Louis ^a   Moore, Jean David ^a   Richer Laflèche, Marc ^b   Ouimet, Rock ^a  

^a Ressources Naturelles du Quebec   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LIME; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; SUGARS; WATERSHEDS;

TREE RINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; PROTON;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; TREE;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 0036857333     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2002.1993     Document Type: Article

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