Above-ground woody biomass production of short-rotation Populus plantations on agricultural land in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 427-437

  Karacic, Almir ^a   Verwijst, Theo ^a   Weih, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass partitioning; Biomass production; Hybrid aspen; Hybrid poplar; Populus spp.; Pulpwood; Yield

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PRODUCTION;

PLANTATIONS;

BIOMASS;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0142102601     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580310009113     Document Type: Article

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