Effects of nitrogen and boron fertilization on foliar boron nutrition and growth in two different lodgepole pine ecosystems

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 988-996

  Brockley, R P ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BORON; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; NITROGEN; NUTRITION;

CANADA;

CONIFERALES; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0042071564     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-032     Document Type: Article

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