Growth and production of a short rotation coppice culture of poplar. II. Clonal and year-to-year differences in leaf and petiole characteristics and stand leaf area index

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 536-547

  Al Afas, N ^a   Pellis, A ^a   Niinemets, U ^b   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Leaf area; Nitrogen concentration; Populus spp.; Specific leaf area; Stand aging

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLONING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; SIZE DETERMINATION;

COPPICE CULTURE; LEAF AREA INDEX (LRI); LEAF NITROGEN; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA (SLA);

FORESTRY;

CLONE; COPPICE; CROP ROTATION; ENERGY CROP; LEAF AREA INDEX;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; CLONES; CULTURE MEDIA; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NITROGEN;

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 18044382178     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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