Below-ground biomass production and allometric relationships of eucalyptus coppice plantation in the central highlands of Madagascar

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Razakamanarivo, Ramarson H ^a,b   Razakavololona, Ando ^a   Razafindrakoto, Marie Antoinette ^a   Vieilledent, Ghislain ^c,d   Albrecht, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c TA C 105 D Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Chronosequence; Coppice; Eucalyptus robusta Smith; Root biomass; Short rotation forestry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CHRONOSEQUENCES; COPPICE; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA SMITH; ROOT BIOMASS; SHORT ROTATION;

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BASAL AREA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DATA SET; EVERGREEN TREE; PLANTATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; COPPICE; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; MADAGASCAR; PLANTATIONS; ROTATION;

MADAGASCAR;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA;

EID: 84864301329     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.020     Document Type: Review

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