Physical sheltering and liming improve survival and performance of Mountain birch seedlings: A 5-year study in a heavily polluted industrial barren

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Eränen, Janne K ^a   Kozlov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Heavy metals; Land reclamation; Liming; Physical stress; Pollution stress; Reforestation; Shelter; Stress amelioration

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LAND RECLAMATION; LIMING; POLLUTION EFFECT; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHELTER; SURVIVAL;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 33646692424     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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