Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in tropical Eucalyptus plantations. Main features shown by intensive monitoring in Congo and Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1771-1785

  Laclau, Jean Paul ^a,c   Ranger, Jacques ^b   de Moraes Gonçalves, José Leonardo ^c   Maquère, Valérie ^d   Krusche, Alex V ^c   M'Bou, Armel Thongo ^e   Nouvellon, Yann ^a,c   Saint André, Laurent ^a,b   Bouillet, Jean Pierre ^a,c   de Cassia Piccolo, Marisa ^c   Deleporte, Philippe ^a,e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d AGROPARITECH   (France)

^e UR2PI ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Cycling; Eucalypt; Forest; Leaching; Solution; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEEP DRAINAGE; EUCALYPT; EUCALYPT FOREST; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; FIRST YEAR; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; HIGH GROWTH RATE; LEACHING SOLUTION; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT INPUT-OUTPUT; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT POOLS; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER MINERALIZATION; SANDY SOILS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; STUDY SITES; TOTAL BIOMASS; WEATHERED SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICS;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; TROPICS;

BRAZIL; CONGO;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77949658283     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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