Estimation of shoot biomass productivity in Estonian Salix plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 170, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Heinsoo, K ^a   Sild, E ^a   Koppel, A ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Allometric relations; Clone; Productivity; Salix; Shoot biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONING; FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

DRY WEIGHT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLONE; PLANTATION; ROTATION; SHOOT GROWTH;

ESTONIA;

SALIX; SALIX DASYCLADOS; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 0037109083     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00784-8     Document Type: Article

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