Indices of soil nitrogen availability for an ecological site classification of British forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 51-65

  Wilson, S McG ^a   Pyatt, D G ^b   Ray, D ^b   Malcolm, D C ^c   Connolly, T ^b  

^a Northern Research Station ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest site classification; Great Britain; Soil mineral nitrogen; Soil nutrients; Soil sustainability; Species indicator values

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FOREST SITE CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MINERAL NITROGEN; SPECIES INDICATOR VALUES;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST SOIL; NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; SOIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27144469879     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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