Comparison of Tropical Tree Plantations with Secondary Forests of Similar Age

1992 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel E. Lugo
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

Biomass of tropical tree plantations and its implications for the global carbon budget

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Brown ◽  
Ariel E. Lugo ◽  
Jonathan Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Budget ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Plantation Establishment ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Global Carbon Budget ◽  
Tropical Plantations ◽  
Global Carbon ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

To determine the present and future role of tropical tree plantations in the global carbon budget, data on rates of plantation establishment and their commercial volumes, by species groups and age-classes, were gathered and converted to biomass and ultimately to carbon fluxes. The rate of plantation establishment has increased dramatically since the 1940's, resulting in an area in 1980 of about 11 × 106 ha with more than 60% of this area planted during the last decade. Total biomass of plantations is estimated to range from 0.65 × 109 to 2.22 × 109 t or about 1% of the biomass of natural forests. Most of the biomass (79%) is in the 6- to 30-year-old plantations. We estimate that tropical plantations are a small sink of atmospheric carbon of 0.03–0.11 × 109 t C/year, most of which occurs in the two youngest age-classes. Although this flux is small, it may be sufficient to balance the small source of carbon from harvesting forests and other land-use changes in the temperate zone.

Nutrients and mass in litter and top soil of ten tropical tree plantations

1990 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel E. Lugo ◽  
Elvira Cuevas ◽  
Mary Jeane Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Top Soil ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

scholarly journals Are Mixed Tropical Tree Plantations More Resistant to Drought than Monocultures?

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2029-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Kunert ◽  
Alida Cárdenas
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

ENHANCING NUTRIENT RETENTION IN TROPICAL TREE PLANTATIONS: NO SHORT CUTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth W. Bigelow ◽  
John J. Ewel ◽  
Jeremy P. Haggar
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Retention ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

Restoration of plant biodiversity beneath tropical tree plantations in Northern Australia

1997 ◽  
Vol 99 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 117-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Keenan ◽  
D Lamb ◽  
O Woldring ◽  
T Irvine ◽  
R Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations

scholarly journals Seasonal changes in soil respiration and microbial biomass in five tropical tree plantations in Thailand

Tropics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiki Mori ◽  
Chongrak Wachrinrat ◽  
Duriya Staporn ◽  
Ponthep Meunpong ◽  
Warawich Suebsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Tropical Tree Plantations
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