Vector analysis of understory competition, N fertilization, and litter layer removal effects on white spruce growth and nutrition in a 13-year-old plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 332-341

  Matsushima, Miwa ^a   Chang, Scott X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; Boreal forest; Calamagrostis canadensis; N supply rate; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; SOILS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BELOWGROUND COMPETITION; BOREAL FOREST; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; N SUPPLY RATE; VECTOR ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST DYNAMICS; LITTER; SOIL NITROGEN; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PICEA;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33751225672     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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