Short rotation coppice tree species selection for woody biomass production in New Zealand

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 329-335

  Sims, Ralph E H ^a   Maiava, Tavale G ^a   Bullock, Bruce T ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acacia; Biomass; Coppice; Eucalyptus; Populus; Salix; Short rotation; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CLIMATE; COPPICE; DRY WEIGHT; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; PLANT AGE; PLANT HEIGHT; SHORT ROTATION FOREST SYSTEM; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WOOD;

HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COPPICE; TREE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS BOTRYOIDES; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; EUCALYPTUS PSEUDOGLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS; POPULUS; SALIX ALBA; SALIX MATSUDANA;

EID: 0035015660     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(00)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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