Is the simple auger coring method reliable for below-ground standing biomass estimation in Eucalyptus forest plantations?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-230

  Levillain, Joseph ^a,b   Thongo M'Bou, Armel ^a   Deleporte, Philippe ^b   Saint André, Laurent ^b,c   Jourdan, Christophe ^b  

^a CRDPI   (Congo)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

accuracy and precision; auger; Congo; E. grandis; Eucalypt plantation; Eucalyptus urophylla; labour requirements; monolith; root biomass; Voronoi trench

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FINE ROOT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRECISION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPSOIL; TREE STUMP;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGO; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL; TREE;

BIOMASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGO; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; TREES;

CONGO;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 79959749005     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr102     Document Type: Article

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