Wood ash treatment affects seasonal N fluctuations in needles of adult Picea abies trees: A 15N-tracer study

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-60

  Jaggi M ^a,c   Siegwolf, R ^a   Genenger, M ^b   Hallenbarter, D ^b   Brunner, I ^b   Fuhrer, J ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Liquid fertilization; Needle biomass; Nitrogen content; Variation in 15N; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

LIQUID FERTILIZATION (LF); WOOD ASH;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; FRAXINUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 1642441375     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0280-0     Document Type: Article

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