Nutrient uptake and growth of fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) on reclamation soils

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Pinno, Bradley D ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^b   Chow, Pak S ^b   Quideau, Sylvie A ^b   MacKenzie, M Derek ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fireweed; Forest floor mineral mix; Land reclamation; Nutrient uptake; Peat mineral mix

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FIREWEED; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST RECLAMATION; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OIL SANDS MINING;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; MINERALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OIL SANDS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; LAND RECLAMATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PEAT; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 84892380127     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0091     Document Type: Article

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