Tree growth and stand development in short-rotation Populus plantings: 7-year results for two clones at three spacings

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-269

  DeBell, Dean S ^a   Clendenen, Gary W ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a   Zasada, John C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioenergy; cottonwood; intensive culture; leaf area; phenology; Poplar; stand density; stem form; sylleptic branching; yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONING; PRODUCTION; WOOD;

BIOENERGY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTATIONS; POPLAR; POPULUS PLANTINGS; SPACINGS; SYLLEPTIC BRANCHES; TREE GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0030483402     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(96)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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