Influences of stand characteristics and environmental factors on forest biomass and root-shoot allocation in southwest China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-15

  Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Song, Tongqing ^a   Wang, Kelin ^a   Yang, Hui ^c   Yue, Yuemin ^a   Zeng, Zhaoxia ^a   Peng, Wanxia ^a   Zeng, Fuping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Fundamentals   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Climatic factors; Forest type; Isometric theory; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOILS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATIC FACTORS; FOREST TYPE; ISOMETRIC THEORY; SOUTHWEST CHINA;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84959174925     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.040     Document Type: Article

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