A long-term evaluation of biomass production in first and second rotations of Chinese fir plantations at the same site

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-418

  Tian, Dalun ^a,b   Xiang, Wenhua ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoyong ^a,c   Yan, Wende ^a,b   Fang, Xi ^a,b   Kang, Wenxing ^a,b   Dan, Xiangwen ^a,b   Peng, Changhui ^a,d   Peng, Yuanying ^e  

^a National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Forest Ecological Technology in Southern China   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Academic Alternatives and Instructional Support   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY MATTER; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; HUNAN;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 80053279942     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr029     Document Type: Article

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