Nitrogen pools and C:N ratios in well-drained Nordic forest soils related to climate and soil texture

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-692

  Callesen, Ingeborg ^a   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^b   Westman, Carl Johan ^c   Tau Strand, Line ^d  

^a Naturewise ^*  (Denmark)

^b Forest and Landscape Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 38049064445     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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