Interacting controls by light availability and nutrient supply on biomass allocation and growth of Betula pendula and B. pubescens seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 122-134

  Portsmuth, Angelika ^a   Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Foliar biomass; Gap understory gradient; Growth rate; Light nutrient interactions; Nutrient availability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; SEED;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FOLIAR BIOMASS; GAP-UNDERSTORY GRADIENT; LIGHT-NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOLIAGE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEED; SEEDLING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; SEEDS;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 33646086468     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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