Trends and productivity improvements from commercial willow plantations in Sweden during the period 1986-2000

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 446-453

  Mola Yudego, Blas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Growth and yield; Management; Mixed models; Salix

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE YIELD; BIO-ENERGY; CLIMATIC INDEX; CUTTING CYCLES; GROWTH AND YIELD; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HIGHER YIELD; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MIXED MODELS; PLANTINGS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SALIX; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIT ERROR RATE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOENERGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE PLANTING; YIELD RESPONSE;

SWEDEN;

SALIX;

EID: 78650539576     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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