Allometry, nitrogen status, and carbon stable isotope composition of Pinus ponderosa seedlings in two growing media with contrasting nursery irrigation regimes

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1091-1101

  Dumroese, R Kasten ^a   Page Dumroese, Deborah S ^a   Brown, Robert E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRICS; CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; CONTAINER CAPACITY; DOUGLAS; FOLIAR N; GROWING MEDIA; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION REGIMES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NURSERY IRRIGATION; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SEEDLING GROWTH; SPHAGNUM PEAT; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TISSUE HETEROGENEITY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER POTENTIAL;

CLAY MINERALS; FORESTRY; HARDENING; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; PEAT; SEED; TISSUE;

WATER CONTENT;

ALLOMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NURSERY GROUND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONTOGENY; PEAT; SAMPLING; SEEDLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; VERMICULITE; WATER CONTENT;

PINUS PONDEROSA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 79955731750     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-017     Document Type: Article

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