Nitrogen budgets for Scots pine and Norway spruce ecosystems 12 and 7 years after the end of long-term fertilisation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 130-140

  Ladanai, Svetlana ^a   Ågren, Göran I ^a   Hyvönen, Riitta ^a   Lundkvist, Helene ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Liming; Long term fertilisation; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen retention; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Soil nitrogen; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; SOILS;

LIMING; NITROGEN BUDGET; NITROGEN RETENTION; SOIL NITROGEN; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

ACIDIFICATION; FORESTS; NITROGEN; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845941960     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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