Effects of stabilized wood ash on nutrient status and growth of Scots pine - Comparison between uplands and peatlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-144

  Moilanen, Mikko ^a   Saarsalmi, Anna ^a   Kukkola, Mikko ^a   Issakainen, Jorma ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

K deficiency; Needle nutrients; P deficiency; Pinus sylvestris; Stand growth

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; BASAL AREA; BASAL AREA GROWTH; BASAL AREA INCREMENT; CENTRAL FINLAND; FERTILE SITES; FRESH-WEIGHT BASIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT STATUS; PEAT LAND; PEATLAND SITES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCOTS PINE; SITE TYPES; STAND GROWTH; STEM GROWTH; STUDY SITES; WOOD ASH;

LANDFORMS; NEEDLES; NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PEATLAND; STAND DYNAMICS; UPLAND REGION; WOOD ASH;

FORESTRY; NEEDLES; NUTRIENTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84874352134     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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