Stem production, light absorption and light use efficiency between dominant and non-dominant trees of Eucalyptus grandis across a productivity gradient in Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-20

  Campoe, Otávio Camargo ^a   Stape, José Luiz ^b   Nouvellon, Yann ^c,d   Laclau, Jean Paul ^c,d   Bauerle, William L ^e   Binkley, Dan ^e   Le Maire, Guerric ^c  

^a Forestry Science and Research Institute IPEF   (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Eucalyptus; MAESTRA model; Production ecology

Indexed keywords

ARRAY MODEL; BRAZILIAN EUCALYPTUS; DOMINANCE; DRY BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FOREST PLANTATION; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NATURAL GRADIENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOIL CLAY CONTENT; STEM PRODUCTION; STEMWOODS; TREE LEVEL; WOOD PRODUCTION;

ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL PROFILE; STEM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDS; STEMS; WOOD;

BRAZIL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 84869880504     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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