Relationships between ericaceous vegetation and soil nutrient status in a post-fire Kalmia angustifolia-black spruce chronosequence

Plant and Soil

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 211-226

  Bloom, Robin G ^a   Mallik, Azim U ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal coniferous forest; Kalmia heath; Nutrient status; Plant soil feedback; Polyphenols; Secondary succession; Time since fire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FIRE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOTOXICITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33751247903     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9130-3     Document Type: Article

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