Optimum nutrient concentrations and CND scores of mature white spruce determined using a boundary-line approach and spatial variation of tree growth and nutrition

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1999-2018

  Quesnel, Pierre Olivier ^a   Côté, Benoît ^a   Fyles, James W ^a   Munson, Alison D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary line approach; Compositional nutrient diagnosis (CND); Nutritional standards; White spruce

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33749264405     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160600928177     Document Type: Article

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