Biomass and nutrient content of sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stem and branches in a mixed stand in southern Belgium

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2285-2294

  André, Frédéric ^a   Jonard, Mathieu ^a   Ponette, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fagus sylvatica; Mixed species stand; Nutrient content; Quercus petraea

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); BELGIUM; BRANCH DIAMETER; BROWN SOIL; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST SUSTAINABILITY; MIXED-SPECIES STANDS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; QUERCUS PETRAEA; STATISTICAL MODELS; STEM DIAMETER; TREE HARVESTING; TREE SPECIES;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HISTOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

NUTRIENTS;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BROWN SOIL; CLEARCUTTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST PRODUCT; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT USE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARK; BEECH; BELGIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OAK; PLANT STAND STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESSILE SPECIES; SOIL ACIDITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREE TRUNK; WOOD;

BELGIUM; BIOMASS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FAGUS; FOOD; FORESTRY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; QUERCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HISTOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

BELGIUM;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 77950024880     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.040     Document Type: Article

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