Exponential fertilization and plant competition effects on the growth and n nutrition of trembling aspen and white spruce seedlings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-86

  Hu, Ya Lin ^a   Hu, Yue ^b   Zeng, De Hui ^a   Tan, Xiao ^c   Chang, Scott X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Shell Canada Energy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exponential fertilization; Internal N reserve; N loaded seedling; Net N retranslocation rate; Vegetation competition

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

EXPONENTIAL FERTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL N RESERVE; NURSERY PRODUCTION; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; RETRANSLOCATION; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

SEED;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NURSERY GROUND; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEEDLING;

HORDEUM JUBATUM; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84919771453     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0187     Document Type: Article

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