State of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under nutrient and water deficit on coastal dunes of the Baltic Sea

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1073-1085

  Mandre, Malle ^a   Lukjanova, Aljona ^a   Pärn, Henn ^a   Kõresaar, Kadri ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Chlorophylls; Morphology; Nutrients; Radial increment; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; ANATOMY; BALTIC SEA; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COASTAL DUNE; COASTAL SAND DUNES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; DUNE FIELDS; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; ESTONIA; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PREVIOUS YEAR; RADIAL GROWTH; RADIAL INCREMENT; SCOTS PINE; T-TESTS; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREE-RING WIDTH; WATER DEFICITS;

CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLES; PORPHYRINS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANATOMY; CHLOROPHYLLS; COASTS; ESTONIA; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NEEDLES; NUTRIENTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78349311844     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0479-9     Document Type: Article

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