Relationships between spruce plantation age, solute and soil chemistry in Hafren forest

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 627-637

  Stevens, P A ^a   Reynolds, B ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Norris, D A ^a   Dickinson, A L ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0141704938     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-1-627-1997     Document Type: Article

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