Wood ash applications to temperate forest ecosystems - Potential benefits and drawbacks

Plant and Soil

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 181-198

  Augusto, L ^a   Bakker, M R ^a,b   Meredieu, C ^c  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Growth; Heavy metals; Liming; Meta analysis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM; COMBUSTION; DATABASE; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; LIMING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAGNESIUM; META-ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC SOIL; PH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WOOD ASH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

FUNGI;

EID: 41949139965     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9570-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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