Calcium fertilization increases the concentration of calcium in sapwood and calcium oxalate in foliage of red spruce

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 277-283

  Smith, Kevin T ^a   Shortle, Walter C ^a   Connolly, Jon H ^b   Minocha, Rakesh ^a   Jellison, Jody ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b SHERIDAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium cycling; Calcium oxalate; Dendrochemistry; Red spruce

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCIUM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION;

PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 69349103468     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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