Effect of compost-amended backfill and paved surface on leaf parameters and physiology of Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.)

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 386-391

  Ferrini, Francesco ^a   Baietto, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Compost; Leaf mineral content; Mulching; Photosynthesis; Tree establishment

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPOST; GROWTH; MULCHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOPSOIL; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES;

EID: 35648933426     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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