Growth dynamics and productivity of pure and mixed Castanea Sativa Mill. and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco plantations in Northern Portugal

IForest

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Nunes, Leónia ^a,b,c   Gower, Stith T ^d   Monteiro, Maria L ^e   Lopes, Domingos ^b   Rego, Francisco C ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass; Growth; Interactions; Mixed species; Productivity; Replacement series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897877206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1087-007     Document Type: Article

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