Nitrogen resorption in leaves of tree and shrub seedlings in response to increasing soil fertility

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-396

  Singh, S P ^a   Bargali, Kiran ^a   Joshi, Asha ^a   Chaudhry, Smita ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen resorption; Nutrients; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ALNUS NEPALENSIS; BETULACEAE; CILIOPHORA; CRATAEGUS; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS TORULOSA; DESMODIUM ELEGANS; PINUS ROXBURGHII; POPULUS CILIATA; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA;

EID: 27944470063     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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