The influence of mixed tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: A review

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1192-1208

  Richards, Anna E ^a   Forrester, David I ^b,c   Bauhus, Jürgen ^c   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

light use efficiency; litter decomposition; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen use efficiency; phosphorus use efficiency; root stratification; water use efficiency.

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITTER; META-ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ADAPTATION; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 77956023104     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq035     Document Type: Review

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