The nitrogen nutrition of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) on a cedar-hemlock cutover on northern Vancouver Island

Nursing mixtures with pine or larch have been widely used in Britain and Ireland to aid the establishment of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) on low-nitrogen, Calluna dominated heathlands and peatlands. The overall result is increased height and diameter growth and increased foliar N...

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Main Author: Bothwell, Karen Sheila
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10351