On the niche breadth of Fagus sylvatica: Soil nutrient status in 50 Central European beech stands on a broad range of bedrock types

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-368

  Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Meier, Ina C ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base saturation; C N ratio; Exchangeable cations; N P ratio

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TREE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33744941821     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006016     Document Type: Article

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