Eucalyptus and Acacia tree growth over entire rotation in single- and mixed-species plantations across five sites in Brazil and Congo

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 301, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-101

  Bouillet, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Laclau, Jean Paul ^a,b   Gonçalves, José Leonardo de Moraes ^b   Voigtlaender, Maureen ^b   Gava, José Luis ^c   Leite, Fernando Palha ^d   Hakamada, Rodrigo ^e   Mareschal, Louis ^a,f   Mabiala, André ^f   Tardy, Florence ^g   Levillain, Joseph ^f,h   Deleporte, Philippe ^a   Epron, Daniel ^a,f,i   Nouvellon, Yann ^a,b  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NSK Brasil Ltd   (Brazil)

^d CENIBRA   (Brazil)

^e International Paper do Brasil   (Brazil)

^f International Paper do Brasil ^*  (Congo)

^g AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^h CIRAD   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Complementarity; Facilitation; Interaction; Mixed species plantations; Wood production

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; FACILITATION; INTERACTION; MIXED SPECIES; WOOD PRODUCTION;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; MIXTURES; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARITY; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOOD;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MIXTURES; PLANTATIONS; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD;

BRAZIL; CONGO;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 84878112807     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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