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Growth of S lender B anksia from seedling planting, with and without fertiliser
Author(s) -
Grose Peter J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ecological management and restoration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1442-8903
pISSN - 1442-7001
DOI - 10.1111/emr.12037
Subject(s) - seedling , sowing , agronomy , nutrient , biology , banksia , woodland , phosphorus , horticulture , botany , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary Slender B anksia ( B anksia attenuata ) is a primary component of declining B anksia woodlands around P erth, south‐western A ustralia. It is important that its re‐establishment be promoted, but there are little data on its growth rates and response to applied nutrients. To quantify longer‐term growth rate, I periodically measured heights of S lender B anksia planted mid‐2005 over 7½ years. Without fertiliser, these seedlings grew slowly to about 1½ m. In mid‐2009, I planted S lender B anksia on the same site, with and without fertiliser tablets, and evaluated survival, growth and root development over 1½ years. First‐summer S lender B anksia seedling survival of around 30% was not unusual for this species. Low‐phosphorus native plant fertiliser tablets increased growth significantly.