Export of nutrients in plant biomass following harvest of eucalypt plantations in Kerala, India

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 15-36

  Sankaran, K V ^a   Grove, Tim S ^b   Kumaraswamy, S ^a   Manju, V S ^a   Mendham, Daniel S ^b   O'Connell, Anthony M ^b  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Eucalypt plantations; Eucalyptus grandis; Eucalyptus tereticornis; Harvest residues; Nutrient export; Nutrient pools; Organic matter; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD CHEMICALS;

EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS; HARVEST RESIDUES; NUTRIENT EXPORT; NUTRIENT POOLS; PLANT BIOMASS; SOIL CARBON;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATIONS; POTASSIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS;

EID: 27544487137     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v20n03_02     Document Type: Article

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