Comparison of growth, nutrition and soil properties of pure stands of Quercus castaneifolia and mixed with Zelkova carpinifolia in the Hyrcanian forests of Iran

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1149-1160

  Rouhi Moghaddam, Einollah ^a,b   Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Ebrahimi, Ezzatollah ^c   Tabari, Masoud ^a   Rahmani, Ahmad ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mixed plantation; Nutrient flux; Nutrient retranslocation; Nutrition; Soil property; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION; SOILS;

NUTRIENT FLUX; NUTRIENT RETRANSLOCATION; SOIL PROPERTIES; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH; LEAF LITTER; MIXED FOREST; NUTRITION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SURVIVAL;

NUTRITION; QUERCUS; SOIL; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

QUERCUS; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA; ZELKOVA; ZELKOVA CARPINIFOLIA;

EID: 39149110585     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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