Growth, biomass yield and biomass functions for plantation-grown Nauclea diderrichii (de wild) in the humid tropical rainforest zone of south-western Nigeria

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2679-2687

  Onyekwelu, Jonathan C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Biomass functions; Forest plantation; Growth; Nauclea diderrichii

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS FUNCTIONS; FOREST PLANTATION; NAUCLEA DIDERRICHII;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FOLIAGE; HARVEST; HUMIDITY; NAUCLEA DIDERRICHII; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; TREE GROWTH; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NIGERIA; RUBIACEAE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINTS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; OGUN; OMO FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

NAUCLEA DIDERRICHII;

EID: 33947658999     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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