Alternative field fertilization techniques to promote restoration of leguminous Acacia koa on contrasting tropical sites

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 376, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-134

  Earnshaw, Kyle M ^a   Baribault, Thomas W ^b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release fertilizer; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Outplanting; Phosphorus; Tropical forest restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

CONTROLLED-RELEASE FERTILIZERS; FERTILIZER RESPONSE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; OUTPLANTING; SEEDLING PERFORMANCE; SITE-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL RESTORATION;

FERTILIZERS;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 84973861991     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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