Tree mineral nutrition is deteriorating in Europe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 418-430

  Jonard, Mathieu ^a   Fürst, Alfred ^b   Verstraeten, Arne ^c   Thimonier, Anne ^d   Timmermann, Volkmar ^e   Potočić, Nenad ^f   Waldner, Peter ^d   Benham, Sue ^g   Hansen, Karin ^h   Merilä, Päivi ⁱ   Ponette, Quentin ^a   de la Cruz, Ana C ^j   Roskams, Peter ^c   Nicolas, Manuel ^k   Croisé, Luc ^k   Ingerslev, Morten ^l   Matteucci, Giorgio ^m   Decinti, Bruno ⁿ   Bascietto, Marco ⁿ   Rautio, Pasi ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f CROATIAN FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^g FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j INIA   (Spain)

^k ONF   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^m CNR Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

ⁿ CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Abies alba; Fagus sylvatica; Foliar nutrients; Forest monitoring; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus petraea; Quercus robur; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84917729711     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12657     Document Type: Article

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