Stand-level patterns of carbon fluxes and partitioning in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation across a gradient of productivity, in São Paulo State, Brazil

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-706

  Campoe, Otávio C ^a   Stape, José Luiz ^b   Laclau, Jean Paul ^a,c   Marsden, Claire ^c   Nouvellon, Yann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

carbon budget; carbon partitioning; Eucalyptus; gross and net primary productivity; soil CO2 efflux; total belowground carbon flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MYCORRHIZA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; BRAZIL; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; TREE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; BRAZIL; CARBON; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; PLANT STEMS; TREES; WOOD;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 84863010043     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps038     Document Type: Article

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