Growth and nutrient dynamics of transplanted Quercus variabilis seedlings as influenced by prehardening and fall fertilization

Silva Fennica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Jiaxi ^a   Yu, Haiqun ^b   Li, Guolei ^a   Zhang, Feng ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Forestry Carbon Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Nursery transplanting; Nutrient loading; Nutrient storage; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDENING; TISSUE;

HARDENING PHASIS; NURSERY TRANSPLANTING; NUTRIENT ACQUISITION; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADING; SEEDLING QUALITY; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH;

NUTRIENTS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEEDLING; STEM; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

QUERCUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 84961257673     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 22424075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.1475     Document Type: Article

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