Effects of environment and progeny on biomass estimations of five hybrid poplar families grown at three contrasting sites across Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 12-23

  Dillen, Sophie Y ^a   Marron, Nicolas ^a   Bastien, Catherine ^b   Ricciotti, Luca ^c   Salani, Francesco ^c   Sabatti, Maurizio ^c   Pinel, Matthieu P C ^d   Rae, Anne M ^d   Taylor, Gail ^d   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Allometry; Branch biomass; Populus hybrids; Short rotation coppice culture (SRC); Stem biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALLOMETRY; BRANCH BIOMASS; POPULUS HYBRIDS; SHORT-ROTATION COPPICE CULTURE (SRC); STEM BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID; TREE PLANTING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS ALBA X POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 35548956894     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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