Boron in forest trees and forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2053-2069

  Lehto, Tarja ^a   Ruuhola, Teija ^a   Dell, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boron; Deficiency; Fertiliser; Forests; Fungi; Management; Micronutrients; Mycorrhizas; Nutrient uptake; Retranslocation; Toxicity; Trees; Wood

Indexed keywords

DEFICIENCY; FERTILISERS; FORESTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MYCORRHIZAS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RETRANSLOCATION; TREES;

ADSORPTION; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; SOILS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WOOD;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LEACHING; LIGNIN; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGENICITY; PERCEPTION; PLANT DEFENSE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY; TRANSLOCATION; TREE; WOOD QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; BORON COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGI; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; SOIL; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 78049314001     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.028     Document Type: Review

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