Evaluating the biomass production of coppiced willow and poplar clones in Michigan, USA, over multiple rotations and different growing conditions

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 380-388

  Wang, Zhonglei ^a   MacFarlane, David W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive culture; Poplar; Short rotation; Willow; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS YIELD; CLONAL PERFORMANCE; GROWING CONDITIONS; GROWING DEGREE DAYS; GROWTH PATTERNS; GROWTH PERIOD; HYBRID POPLAR; MICHIGAN; MULTIPLE ROTATION; POPLAR; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE RANKINGS; SHORT ROTATION; SHORT-ROTATION INTENSIVE CULTURES; SURVIVAL RATE; WILLOW; WILLOW GROWTH; WOODY BIOMASS; YIELD RATES;

BIOMASS; CLONING;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; CLONE; COPPICE; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MONOCULTURE;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 84868475212     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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