Contribution of understory species to total ecosystem aboveground and belowground biomass in temperate Pinus pinaster Ait. forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-47

  Gonzalez, Maya ^a,b   Augusto, Laurent ^a,b   Gallet Budynek, Anne ^a,b   Xue, Jianming ^c   Yauschew Raguenes, Nathalie ^b   Guyon, Dominique ^b   Trichet, Pierre ^b   Delerue, Florian ^a,b   Niollet, Sylvie ^a,b   Andreasson, Frida ^a,b   Achat, David L ^a,b   Bakker, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass; Phytovolume; Pine forest; Roots; Understory

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; PHYTOVOLUME; PINE FOREST; ROOTS; UNDERSTORY;

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMETRY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; HERB; OVERSTORY; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PINUS PINASTER; ROOTS;

FRANCE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ERICA CINEREA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; PINUS PINASTER; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 84869882858     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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