Does harvest residue management influence biomass and nutrient accumulation in understory vegetation of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantations in a Mediterranean environment?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 527-535

  Carneiro, M ^a   Serrao V ^a   Fabiao A ^a   Madeira, M ^a   Balsemao I ^a   Hilario L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus plantations; Ground vegetation; NAPP; Nutrients; Slash

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); VEGETATION;

EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; GLOBULUS; GROUND VEGETATION; GROUND VEGETATIONS; HARVEST RESIDUE MANAGEMENTS; HARVEST RESIDUES; IMMOBILISATION; IN TREES; LITTER FALLS; LONG TERMS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS; NAPP; NUTRIENT ACCUMULATIONS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; RESIDUE MANAGEMENTS; SIMILAR PATTERNS; SLASH; SOIL SURFACES; TREE DENSITIES; TREE GROWTHS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATIONS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; EVERGREEN TREE; HARVESTING; LITTERFALL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT RESIDUE; PLANTATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOIL; SPRINGS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 56649097343     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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