Production and carbon allocation in monocultures and mixed-species plantations of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium in Brazil

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 680-695

  Nouvellon, Yann ^a,b   Laclau, Jean Paul ^a,b   Epron, Daniel ^a,c,d   Le Maire, Guerric ^a   Bonnefond, Jean Marc ^e   Gonalves, José Leonardo M ^b   Bouillet, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

carbon partitioning; fast growing plantations; gross and net primary productivity; interspecific interactions; N2 fixing tree species; soil CO2 efflux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON FLUX; EVERGREEN TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; LITTER; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND STRUCTURE; WOOD;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD;

ACACIA; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

BRAZIL;

ACACIA MANGIUM; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 84862993149     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps041     Document Type: Article

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