The roles of nitrogen and phosphorus in increasing productivity of western hemlock and western redcedar plantations on northern Vancouver Island

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 116-122

  Blevins, Leandra L ^a   Prescott, Cindy E ^a   Van Niejenhuis, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Western Forest Products Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Productivity; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CEDAR-HEMLOCK (CH) CUTOVERS; REDCEDAR PLANTATIONS; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; REGENERATION;

FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 33748785735     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.029     Document Type: Article

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