Fertilizers in forestry

  • N Centre D’Étude de L’Azote (CEA)
  • P International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
  • K International Potash Institute (IPI)
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Abstract

Fertilizers are used to improve tree growth and affect timber quality only indirectly through the increased growth; it has not been shown that fertilizers have any other influence on timber quality.

Keywords

Wood Density Ammonium Nitrate Peat Soil Nitrate Content Wood Quality 
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© Martinus Nijhoff / Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague 1983

Authors and Affiliations

  • N Centre D’Étude de L’Azote (CEA)
    • 1
  • P International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
    • 2
  • K International Potash Institute (IPI)
    • 3
  1. 1.ZürichGermany
  2. 2.ParisFrance
  3. 3.Worblaufen-BerneGermany

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