Response of Pinus radiata seedlings to application of mixed wood-bark ash at planting in a temperate region: Nutrition and growth

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3873-3884

  Solla Gullón, Fernando ^a   Santalla, Martín ^a   Pérez Cruzado, César ^a   Merino, Agustín ^a   Rodríguez Soalleiro, Roque ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foliar analysis; Forest fertilization; Mixed wood bark ash; Pinus radiata; Tree growth; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUTRITION; SEED; WOOD;

FOREST FERTILIZATION; MIXED WOOD-BARK ASH; TREE GROWTH; VECTOR ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WOOD ASH;

PINUS RADIATA; SEEDLINGS; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 43849098232     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035     Document Type: Article

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