Productivity, aboveground biomass, nutrient uptake and carbon content in fast-growing tree plantations of native and introduced species in the Southern Region of Costa Rica

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1779-1788

  Arias, D ^a   Calvo Alvarado, J ^a   Richter, D de B ^b   Dohrenbusch, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Costa Rica; Silvicultural management; Tree aboveground biomass; Tree growth; Tree nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; COSTA RICA; SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; TREE ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; TREE GROWTH; TREE NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SITE SELECTION;

ECOLOGY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TREE PLANTING;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; TREES;

COSTA RICA;

GMELINA ARBOREA; HIERONYMA ALCHORNEOIDES; PINUS CARIBAEA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 79953285608     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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