Key interactions between nutrient limitation and climatic factors in temperate forests: A synthesis of the sugar maple literature

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-414

  St Clair, Samuel B ^a   Sharpe, William E ^b   Lynch, Jonathan P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NUTRIENT ACQUISITION; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY;

NUTRIENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; SUGAR; SYNTHESIS;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 41949084532     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-161     Document Type: Review

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