Residual effects of NPK fertilization on shrub growth in a Yukon boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-404

  Melnychuk, Michael C ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula; Fertilizer; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Productivity; Salix

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

BIRCH TWIGS; BOREAL FORESTS; CONTROL TWIGS; NPK FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FERTILIZER; GROWTH RATE; SHRUB;

FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SHRUBS; TISSUE; TWIGS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON TERRITORY;

BETULA; BETULA GLANDULOSA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; SALIX; SALIX GLAUCA;

EID: 20444469351     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-013     Document Type: Article

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