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A shortage of plant-available nitrogen is the most common factor restricting tree growth on mineral soils in the boreal forest zone (Kukkola and Saramäki 1983, Tamm 1991). The trees growing on mineral soils usually have a sufficient supply of other nutrients, apart from some localised exceptions. The assimilating tissues of trees are normally able to regulate their nutrient concentrations and to maintain a satisfactory balance between other nutrients and nitrogen by utilising the nutrients stored in the tissues (Linder 1995). However, a state of deficiency can be caused by a number of factors, the deficiency being either primary or secondary (Raitio 1991). A primary deficiency occurs when the substrate contains insufficient nutrients. A secondary deficiency takes place when there are sufficient nutrients in the substrate, but either nutrient uptake or transport is disturbed, e.g. as a result of structural damage caused by insects or frost (Raitio 1993).
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Raitio, H., Tamminen, P., Tuovinen, JP., Anttila, P. (2000). Tree Nutrient Status. In: Mälkönen, E. (eds) Forest Condition in a Changing Environment. Forestry Sciences, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9373-1_10
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