Fifty years of fertilization experiments on Pinus pinaster in Southwest France: The importance of phosphorus as a fertilizer

Forest Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-402

  Trichet, Pierre ^a   Bakker, Mark R ^b   Augusto, Laurent ^a   Alazard, Pierre ^c   Merzeau, Dominique ^d   Saur, Etienne ^b  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Forêt Cellulose Bois et Ameublement ^*  (France)

^d Centre Régional de la Propriété Forestière d'Aquitaine   (France)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Phosphorus; Pinus pinaster; Podzol; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; MARITIME PINES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PINUS PINASTER; PODZOL; SINGLE-DOSE; STAND ESTABLISHMENT; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMORPHISM; ROTATION; SOILS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS PINASTER; PODZOL; TREES;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 70349814611     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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