Silvicultural manipulation and site effect on above and belowground biomass equations for young Pinus radiata

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1825-1837

  Rubilar, Rafael A ^a   Allen, H Lee ^b   Alvarez, Jose S ^b   Albaugh, Timothy J ^b   Fox, Thomas R ^c   Stape, Jose L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Branch; Foliage; Root; Silviculture; Stemwood

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BRANCH; FOLIAGE; ROOT; SILVICULTURE; STEMWOODS;

BIOMASS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SHOVELS; SOILS;

WEED CONTROL;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BORON; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FINE ROOT; FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LEAF AREA; LINEARITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

BIOMASS; BORON COMPOUNDS; BRANCHES; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; ROOTS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL; STEMS; WEED CONTROL;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 78149279705     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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