Growth of Pinus sylvestris after the application of wood ash or P and K fertilizer to a peatland in Southern Sweden

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-425

  Sikström, Ulf ^a   Almqvist, Curt ^a   Jansson, Gunnar ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Fertilization; Forest yield; Needle element concentrations; Nitrogen; Potassium chloride; Raw phosphate; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NEEDLES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; WETLANDS; WOOD;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; FERTILIZATION; FOREST YIELD; WOOD ASH;

FORESTRY;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SAPLING; SOIL DRAINAGE; STAND STRUCTURE; WOOD ASH;

FERTILIZERS; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POTASSIUM; SWEDEN; WETLANDS; WOOD;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77956960792     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.139     Document Type: Article

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