A comparison among eucalypt, poplar and willow characteristics with particular reference to a coppice, growth-modelling approach

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 215-231

  Ceulemans, R ^a   McDonald, A J S ^b   Pereira, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

branching; coppice growth; energy conversion efficiency; Eucalyptus; modelling; Populus; Salix; sprouts; stumps

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; COPPICE GROWTH; EUCALYPT; LEAF AREA INDEX; POPLAR; SHORT ROTATION CROPS; WILLOW;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EUCALYPTUS; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 0030497849     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(96)00035-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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