Effects of shading and humus fertility on growth, competition, and ectomycorrhizal colonization of boreal forest tree seedlings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2573-2586

  Dehlin, Helena ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^a,b   Shevtsova, Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION; HIGH-FERTILITY HUMUS; HUMUS FERTILITY; NATURAL CONDITIONS;

FORESTRY;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; GROWTH; HUMUS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SHADING; SOIL FERTILITY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FERTILITY; FORESTRY; PICEA; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 15944428214     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-143     Document Type: Article

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