A novel approach to simulate growth of multi-stem willow in bioenergy production systems with a simple process-based model (3PG)

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 473-488

  Amichev, Beyhan Y ^a   Hangs, Ryan D ^b   Van Rees, Ken C J ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

3PG stand growth model; Afforestation; Bioenergy; Marginal agricultural land; Short rotation crops; Willow biomass production

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOENERGY; SHORT ROTATION; STAND-GROWTH MODEL; WILLOW BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CLONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FORECASTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REFORESTATION; ROTATION;

ECOLOGY;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; GRASS; GROWTH MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA;

SALIX;

EID: 78650564595     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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