Leaf-level productivity traits in Populus grown in short rotation coppice for biomass energy

Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-323

  Bunn, S M ^a   Rae, A M ^a   Herbert, C S ^a   Taylor, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; COPPICE; CROP ROTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 4644298303     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/77.4.307     Document Type: Article

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