Effects of leguminous ground cover competition on red birch and soil nutrient status in the nursery

Plant and Soil

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-138

  Hanninen K ^a   Ohtonen, R ^b   Huttunen, S ^c  

^a HÄME UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; Betula pubescens; Festuca; Nutrient proportions; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COVER CROP; CULTIVAR; FESTUCA RUBRA; NURSERY; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT NUTRITION; SOIL;

GROUND COVER; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BETULA PUBESCENS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 0343775751     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004731009386     Document Type: Article

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