Eucalyptus growth in relation to combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser and soil chemistry in tasmania

Australian Forestry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-264

  Cromer, R N ^a,b   Tumbull, C R A ^a,c   LaSala, A V ^a,d   Smethurst, P J ^a   Mitchelt, A D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Adventure Bay PO ^*  (Australia)

^c Adventure Bay PO   (Australia)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Eucalyptus globulus; Eucalyptus nitens; Fertilisers; Growth rate; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant nutrition; Soil chemistry; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HARDWOODS; SOILS; WOOD;

SOIL CHEMISTRY;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SOIL; WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 0036915462     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2002.10674877     Document Type: Article

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