Leaf resorption efficiency and proficiency in a Quercus robur population following forest harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2264-2271

  Covelo, Felisa ^a   Durán, Jorge ^a   Gallardo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Nitrogen; Pedunculate oak; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

FOLIAR CONCENTRATION; FOREST DISTURBANCE; LEAF RESORPTION;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RESORPTION;

CONCENTRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 41949101587     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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