Aspects of nutrient cycling and nutrient use pattern of Bhabar Shisham forests in central Himalaya, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 237-252

  Lodhiyal, Neelu ^a   Lodhiyal, L S ^a,b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MP Niwas Stoneleigh Compound ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Concentration; Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.; Nutrient; Nutrient fluxes; Nutrient pools; Nutrient use efficiency; Retranslocation; Return; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY (NUE);

FORESTRY;

FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT USE; TRANSLOCATION;

INDIA;

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0037451687     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00268-2     Document Type: Article

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