Nitrogen and phosphorus leaching and uptake by container birch seedlings (Betula pendula Roth) grown in three different fertilizations

New Forests

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-147

  Juntunen, Marja Liisa ^a   Hammar, Taina ^b   Rikala, Risto ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural pollution; Controlled release fertilizer; Groundwater; Nursery; Nutrient uptake; Slow release fertilizer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; SEED;

BIRCH;

LEACHING;

FERTILIZER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDLING;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0242585383     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022686402578     Document Type: Article

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