Differences in the success of sugar maple and red maple seedlings on acid soils are influenced by nutrient dynamics and light environment

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 874-885

  St Clair, Samuel B ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Base cations; Calcium; Chlorophyll; Magnesium; Nutrition; Oxidative stress; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Soil acidity

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 21244491981     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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