The effects of nutrition and density on growth, foliage biomass, and growth efficiency of high-density fire-origin lodgepole pine in central British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2851-2859

  Blevins, David P ^a,b   Prescott, Cindy E ^a   Allen, H Lee ^b   Newsome, Teresa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

FOLIAGE BIOMASS; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; STAND-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BORON; FERTILIZER; FOLIAGE; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; THINNING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; GROWTH; NUTRITION; PINUS; THINNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33645774071     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-204     Document Type: Article

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