Soil and lodgepole pine foliar responses to two fertilizer sulphur forms in the sub-boreal spruce zone, central interior British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2316-2322

  Sanborn, P T ^a   Prietzel, J ^b   Brockley, R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SULFUR;

AMMONIUM SULPHATE; MINERALIZATION; PINE FOLIAR;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MINERALIZATION; SILVICULTURE; SULFUR;

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PINUS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SULFUR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33644548678     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-138     Document Type: Article

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