Factors influencing production efficiency of intensively managed loblolly pine plantations in a 1- to 4-year-old chronosequence

Changes in biomass, nutrient accumulation and production efficiency (PE—total biomass increment per unit leaf area) were investigated in intensively managed plantations of loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) using an age sequence of replicated 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old stands ( n = 13). All stands, loc...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 218; no. 1; pp. 245 - 258
Main Authors:	Adegbidi, H.G., Jokela, E.J., Comerford, N.B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 24-10-2005 Elsevier
Subjects:	Allocation patterns Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Biomass production conifer needles dry matter accumulation dry matter partitioning forest plantations forest trees forest yields Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology leaf area Nutrient accumulation nutrient content Nutrient distribution nutrient uptake Pinus taeda Pinus taeda L plant competition Sandy Spodosols Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems tree age tree growth understory weed control Georgia United States North America America Nutrient distribution Pinus taeda L Allocation patterns Nutrient accumulation Biomass production Sandy Spodosols Competition Root Growth Bark Dry matter Pinus taeda Biomass Leaf area Soils Understory Gymnospermae Development Foliage Tree Nutrient Coniferales Spermatophyta Age
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