Growth and carbon sequestration rates at age ten years of some eucalypt species in the low-to medium-rainfall areas of New South Wales, Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Walsh, P G ^a   Barton, C V M ^b   Haywood, A ^c  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Basal area; Environmental factors; Eucalypts; Farm forestry; Growth; Height; Plantations; Productivity; Volume

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; GROWTH KINETICS; RAIN;

CARBON DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; FORESTRY; GROWTH; RAIN;

CORYMBIA MACULATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ALBENS; EUCALYPTUS BOTRYOIDES; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS CREBRA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS MICROCARPA; EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON;

EID: 42349099380     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2008.10676273     Document Type: Article

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