Root biomass and carbon storage of ponderosa pine in a northwest Patagonia plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 353-360

  Laclau, Pablo ^a,b  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Patagonia; Ponderosa pine; Root biomass equations; Shoot root ratio; Tree and stand level

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBON STORAGE;

FORESTRY;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SILVICULTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARGENTINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037415816     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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