Effects of experimentally altered N input on foliage, litter production and increment in a Norway spruce stand, Gårdsjön, Sweden over a 12-year period

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-465

  Kjonaas O J ^a   Stuanes, A O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foliage chemistry; Litter; Nitrogen; Norway spruce; Tree increment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SOILS;

FORESTED CATCHMENTS; LITTER; MG CONCENTRATIONS; NORWAY SPRUCE; NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS; NUTRIENT STATUS; PREVIOUS YEAR; TREE INCREMENT;

NEEDLES;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 45949100549     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230701862322     Document Type: Article

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