Soil and pine foliage nutrient responses 15 years after competing-vegetation control and their correlation with growth for 13 loblolly pine plantations in the southern United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2412-2425

  Miller, James H ^a   Allen, H Lee ^b   Zutter, Bruce R ^c   Zedaker, Shepard M ^d   Newbold, Ray A ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; SOILS;

FASCICLE MASS; PINE CULTURE;

VEGETATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION; WEED CONTROL; WOODY PLANT;

NUTRITION; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33846289934     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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