Nutrient cycling in a mixed-species plantation of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2942-2950

  Forrester, David I ^a,b,c   Bauhus, Jürgen ^b,d   Cowie, Annette L ^b,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOSPHORUS;

ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MIXED-SPECIES PLANTATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

CULTIVATION;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LITTERFALL; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT;

EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH; NUTRIENTS; PLANTATIONS;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 33645793687     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-214     Document Type: Article

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