Do admixed broadleaves improve foliar nutrient status of conifer tree crops?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Rothe, Andreas ^a   Ewald, Jörg ^b,d   Hibbs, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bayerisches S fur L und F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alder; Beech; Douglas fir; Forest nutrition; Mixture; Spruce

Indexed keywords

CROPS; NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ORDINATION METHODS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; MIXED FOREST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORDINATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0037454792     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00800-3     Document Type: Article

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