Below- and above-ground growth of Eucalyptus nitens in a young plantation I. Biomass

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 283-293

  Misra, R K ^a,b   Turnbull, C R A ^a,c   Cromer, R N ^a,c   Gibbons, A K ^a,b   Lasala, A V ^a,c  

^a Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F GPO Box 252 12 ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Below ground biomass; Eucalyptus nitens; Root biomass; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND NBIOMASS; BIOMASS; EUCALYPT PLANTATION; FERTILIZER;

EUCALYPTIS NITENS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032572564     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00339-3     Document Type: Article

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