The use of foliage and soil information for managing the nutrition of sitka and Norway spruce on cutaway peatlands

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-424

  Renou Wilson, Florence ^a   Farrell, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cutaway peatland; Fertilization; Foliar analysis; Long term trend; Picea abies; Picea sitchensis

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NUTRITION; PEAT; SOILS;

CUTAWAY PEATLANDS; LONG-TERM TRENDS; STANDARD MANAGEMENT TOOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS;

FERTILIZATION; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PEAT; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SOIL;

PHRAGMITES; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 36448934107     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.281     Document Type: Article

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