Tuesday, 8 November 2005
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This presentation is part of: Management Effects on Forest Soils

Above and Belowground Biomass Distribution of Young Radiata Pine Plantations under Contrasting Soils and Silvilcutural Treatments in the Central Valley of Chile.

Rafael Rubilar, Jose Alvarez, H. Lee Allen, and Tim Albaugh.

Above and belowground biomass of radiata pine were studied on three contrasting sites under intensive culture in the central valley of Chile. A positive linear relationship accounting for 80 to 97% variability was found between stem volume increment and leaf area across sites. The slope of the relationship more than double between contrasting sites. Similar relationships were derived for total aboveground and coarse root biomass. Aboveground and belowground biomass ratio ranged 1.5 to 3.2 and its variation was related to soil-site characteristics and silvicultural treatment.

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