Characterization of the health of southern Appalachian red spruce (Piceae rubens) through determination of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum concentrations in foliage and soil

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-174

  Bintz, Wesley W ^a   Butcher, David J ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Aluminum; Blue Ridge Parkway; Calcium; Foliage; Great Smoky Mountains; Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; Magnesium; Piceae rubens; Red spruce; Soil; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048970822     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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