Distribution, habitat and biomass of Pittosporum undulatum, the most important woody plant invader in the Azores Archipelago

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-187

  Lourenço, Patrícia ^a   Medeiros, Vasco ^b   Gil, Artur ^a   Silva, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Direcção Regional dos Recursos Florestais dos Açores ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Biomass; Forestry; Invasive plants; Pittosporum undulatum

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; AUSTRALIA; AZORES; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTED AREA; GASIFICATION PROCESS; HEATING VALUE; INVASIVE PLANTS; NATURAL PARK; NON-INDIGENOUS; PITTOSPORACEAE; PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM; SMALL ISLAND; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODY PLANTS; WOODY SPECIES;

FORESTRY; GASIFICATION; PARKS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; HEATING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION; SEA LEVEL; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTS; GASIFICATION; SHRUBS;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

PITTOSPORACEAE; PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79957554094     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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