Sprouting productivity and allometric relationships of two oak species managed for traditional charcoal making in central Mexico

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-207

  Aguilar, Rafael ^a,c   Ghilardi, Adrián ^b,d   Vega, Ernesto ^c   Skutsch, Margaret ^b   Oyama, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass equations; Charcoal; Coppice regrowth; Oak management; Quercus castanea; Quercus laeta

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOMASS EQUATIONS; CHARCOAL PRODUCTION; COPPICE REGROWTH; DECAY RATE; ENERGY PURPOSE; HARVEST CYCLES; INDIVIDUAL TREE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ME-XICO; OAK MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY; QUERCUS; SMALL BRANCH; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HARVESTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CHARCOAL; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; REGROWTH; SEASONALITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COPPICE; DECAY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HARVESTING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEXICO; PRODUCTIVITY; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CASTANEA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CASTANEA; QUERCUS LAETA;

EID: 84455205537     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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