Historical patterns of forest fertilization in the southeastern United States from 1969 to 2004

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Albaugh, Timothy J ^a   Allen, H Lee ^a   Fox, Thomas R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Boron; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOFTWOODS; UREA;

DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; FOREST FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS TAEDA; UREA;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 34548293793     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/31.3.129     Document Type: Article

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