Effect of site management on leaf area, early biomass development, and stand growth efficiency of a Eucalyptus grandis plantation in South Africa

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 891-900

  Du Toit, Ben ^a,b   Dovey, Steven B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING;

GROWTH EFFICIENCY; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); SITE MANAGEMENT; WOODY BIOMASS (WB);

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANTATION;

BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HARVESTING; LEAVES; PLANTATIONS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 22744449074     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-205     Document Type: Article

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