Production and carbon allocation in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation with water and nutrient manipulations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 920-930

  Stape, Jose Luiz ^a   Binkley, Dan ^b   Ryan, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground productivity; Belowground allocation; Carbon allocation; Carbon budget; Carbon sequestration; Eucalyptus production; Irrigation; Resource use efficiency; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTIVITY; BELOWGROUND ALLOCATION; CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EUCALYPTUS PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

CARBON; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 39049120370     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.085     Document Type: Article

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