Productivity, stand dynamics and the selection effect in a mixed willow clone short rotation coppice plantation

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-54

  Dillen, Mathias ^a,b   Vanhellemont, Margot ^a   Verdonckt, Pieter ^c   Maes, Wouter H ^a,d   Steppe, Kathy ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Afdeling maatschappij en Leefomgeving   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; Biomass production; Clonal diversity; Infrared thermography; Salix

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MIXING; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CLONAL DIVERSITIES; DIVERSITY-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SALIX; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE;

CLONING;

CLONE; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; LEAF; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS;

SALIX;

EID: 84959142665     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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