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| Delgado-Caballero,Carina E.; Gómez-Guerrero,Armando; Valdez-Lazalde,José R.; De los Santos-Posadas,Hector; Fierros-González,Aurelio M.; Horwath,William R.. |
| Research on the ability of tropical soils to support fast-growing forests species is required to optimize, preserve and select lands for timber production. In this work site index (SI) of Eucalyptus grandis and E. urophylla plantations in Southeastern Mexico, was related to chemical and physical soil properties. Based on a joint model of SI vs. sand content, the fit suggests that SI improves as the sand content increases (p<0.01). Sand content of 28% in the surface soil (0-5 cm) and 24% in the sub-surface soil (5-30 cm) is a desired minimum for establishing highly productive stands. The best SI conditions were found on sandy soils with a sand content of 65 %. Other variables, such as soil bulk density, N mineralization and organic matter were also... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Forest plantations; Forest soils; Site productivity; Soil physical properties. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1405-31952009000100007 |
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