Seedling sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) half-sib family response to N and P fertilization: Growth, leaf area, net photosynthesis and nutrient uptake

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 281-291

  Chang, Scott X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest; Hardwood; Nutrient content; Specific leaf area (SLA)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRITION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SEED;

NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; NUTRITION; PLANTATIONS; SEEDLINGS; SILVICULTURE;

LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA;

EID: 0037416002     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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