Biomass production of 17 poplar clones in a short-rotation coppice culture on a waste disposal site and its relation to soil characteristics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 295-309

  Laureysens, I ^a   Bogaert, J ^b   Blust, R ^a   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Populus spp.; Principal component analysis; Productivity; Site growth relationships; Soil properties; Waste disposal site

Indexed keywords

CLONING; PH EFFECTS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTATION;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLONE; COPPICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTE FACILITY;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; BOOM; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS NIGRA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 0346058316     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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