Short-rotation coppiced vs non-coppiced poplar: A comparative study at two different field sites

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 139-150

  Herve, C ^a   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coppice culture; high density plantations; non coppiced regime; poplar clones; Populus; productivity; short rotation forestry; volume index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLONING; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

AFSNEE PLANTATION TREES; CLONAL VARIATION; INTENSIVE FIELD PLANTATIONS; NON COPPICED POPLAR; SHORT ROTATION COPPICED POPLAR; STEM VOLUME INDEX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 0030483598     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(96)00028-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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