Nondestructive and rapid estimation of hardwood foliar nitrogen status using the SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-338

  Chang, Scott X ^a   Robison, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest nutrition; Green ash; Nutrient management; Portable Chlorophyll meter; Swamp cottonwood; Sweetgum; Sycamore

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION EQUATIONS;

HARDWOODS;

FOREST; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRITION;

CHLOROPHYLLS; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS; POPULUS HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0042975358     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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