Growth and nutrient dynamics of Douglas-fir seedlings raised with exponential or conventional fertilization and planted with or without fertilizer

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2552-2562

  Everett, K T ^a   Hawkins, B J ^a   Kiiskila, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b New Forest Treeworks   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRIENTS; SEED;

NURSERY FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENT ALLOCATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FERTILIZATION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SEEDLINGS;

BARRIERE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VICTORIA [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 38849126881     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-108     Document Type: Article

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