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Towards an understanding of the relations between tree nutrition, nutrient cycling and environment

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The paper contains a discussion of the interrelations between the sciences used by managers of forest land to improve their management, in particular with respect to the plant nutrient economy of the forest ecosystems. Both site studies and studies of nutrient cycling have been carried out for long periods without proper consideration of tree nutrition. Therefore these studies contributed less to the understanding of the role of nutrients as regulators of processes in ecosystems than might have been expected. This situation has improved, especially within the last decade. In addition the necessity to manage forest land for environmental values as well as for forest yield requires new interdisciplinary approaches in the study of the roles of plant nutrients in the forest. Even more branches of biological and environmental sciences than those just mentioned must be involved.

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Tamm, C.O. Towards an understanding of the relations between tree nutrition, nutrient cycling and environment. Plant Soil 168, 21–27 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029310

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