Biomass and nutrient distribution in a highland bamboo forest in southwest Ethiopia: implications for management

Sammanfattning

The Masha natural bamboo forest was stocked with 8840 trees ha(-1), unifomily distributed with a mean height of 16.8 m. diameter of 7.6 cm and leaf area index (LAI) of 9.7. Age-structure was 13% of < 1 year. 24% of 1-3 years and 63%, of >3 years. Culm contributed 82%, branch 13% and leaf 5% to the 110 t ha(-1) total above ground biomass, while trees mature for harvest (>3 year) made up 73%. The culm component of the mature trees was 60% of the above ground biomass. whereas the biomass of current shoots (

Nyckelord

age structure; bamboo; biomass; Ethiopia; growth; LAI; nutrients; Yushania alpina

Publicerad i

Forest Ecology and Management
2005, volym: 204, nummer: 45691, sidor: 159-169
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU författare

• Embaye, Kassahun

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Weih, Martin

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ledin, Stig

  • Institutionen för markvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Christersson, Lars

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Jordbruksvetenskap
Bioenergi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.074

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