Effects of groundcover management on soil properties, tree physiology, foliar chemistry and growth in a newly established Fraser fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh] Poir) plantation in Michigan, United States of America

New Forests

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-230

  Nikiema, Paligwende ^a   Nzokou, Pascal ^a   Rothstein, David ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Cover crop; Nitrogen content; Plantation; Soil mineral nitrogen; Tree performance

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS YIELD; COVER CROPS; NITROGEN CONTENT; PLANTATION; SOIL MINERAL NITROGEN; TREE PERFORMANCE;

BIOMASS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; COVER CROP; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LEGUME; MINERAL; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SEEDLING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES FRASERI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84856450083     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-011-9274-8     Document Type: Article

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