A fractal root model applied for estimating the root biomass and architecture in two tropical legume tree species

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Salas, Eduardo ^a   Ozier Lafontaine, Harry ^b   Nygren, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Erythrina lanceolata; Gliricidia sepium; Pipe model; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MODELING; ROOT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LANCEOLATA;

EID: 4344580600     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004027     Document Type: Article

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