%0 Research Notes
%T Effect of fertilization on the growth and structure of a Scots pine stand growing on an ombrotrophic bog
%A Finér, Leena
%D 1991
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 42
%N 5
%U http://suo.fi/article/9684
%X NPK fertilization increased volume growth by 6.3 m3 ha-1 and PK fertilization by 4.3 m3 ha-1 within six years after nutrient application. The results indicate that dominant and co-dominant trees respond to fertilization better than suppressed ones, and that the trees close to the ditches benefit almost as much from fertilization as those in the middle of the strip. NPK fertilization also increased the mortality of the intermediate trees.

Keywords: bog, drainage, increment, Pinus sylvestris, tree class