Nursery response of container Pinus palustris seedlings to nitrogen supply and subsequent effects on outplanting performance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Paul Jackson, D ^a   Kasten Dumroese, R ^b   Barnett, James P ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Container seedling; Fertilization; Grass stage; Longleaf pine; Nitrogen; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; BAREROOT SEEDLINGS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; FERTIGATIONS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION RATES; FIELD PERFORMANCE; FIRST YEAR; HEIGHT GROWTH; LONGLEAF PINE; NITROGEN SUPPLY; NURSERY PRODUCTION; OUTPLANTING; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SEED SOURCE; SEEDLING QUALITY; TREATMENT RATE;

CONTAINERS; CROPS; FORESTRY; HARDENING; NITROGEN;

SEED;

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NURSERY GROUND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; YIELD RESPONSE;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 82055200117     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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