Is nitrogen fertilization in the nursery a suitable tool for enhancing the performance of Mediterranean oak plantations?

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 733-751

  Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a,b   Peñuelas, Juan L ^b   Nicolás Peragón, Juan L ^b   Benito, Luis F ^b   Domínguez Lerena, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Frost tolerance; Kermes oak; Nutrient concentration; Photosynthesis; Plant quality; Quercus coccifera; Quercus faginea; Root growth capacity; Survival

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; FROST TOLERANCE; KERMES OAK; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PLANT QUALITY; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; ROOT GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; TOOLS;

LOW TEMPERATURE TESTING;

ABSCISSION; AFFORESTATION; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; FORESTATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; TOOLS;

KERMES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS FAGINEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84884820671     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9374-8     Document Type: Article

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