Productivity of black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) Plantations on reclaimed oil-shale mining detritus and mineral soils in relation to rhizosphere conditions

Oil Shale

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-58

  Vares, A ^a   Lohmus K ^b   Truu, M ^c   Truu, J ^b   Tullus, H ^a   Kanal, A ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Environmental Protection Institute   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK ALDER; MINERAL SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 1942476885     PISSN: 0208189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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