Biomass production by two-year-old poplar clones on floodplain sites in the Lower Midwest, USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Pallardy, Stephen G ^a   Gibbins, Daniel E ^a   Rhoads, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Carbon sequestration; Leaf area index; Populus; Short rotation intensive culture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLONE; CROP ROTATION; FLOODPLAIN;

UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 0242659846     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026176702075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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