Nutrient cycling in a clonal stand of Eucalyptus and an adjacent savanna ecosystem in Congo: 3. Input-output budgets and consequences for the sustainability of the plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 375-391

  Laclau, Jean Paul ^a   Ranger, Jacques ^b   Deleporte, Philippe ^a   Nouvellon, Yann ^a   Saint André, Laurent ^a   Marlet, Serge ^a   Bouillet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Budgets; Congo; Eucalyptus; Nutrient; Savanna; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXING; CANOPY; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

FORESTRY;

NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SAVANNA; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

COASTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MECHANICS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 17844375132     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.028     Document Type: Article

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