Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Intensively Used Chinese Poplar Plantations

摘要

The P. R. China has been focussing on afforestation in order to cover the increasing timber demand as well as to combat wind and water erosion (Harkness, 1998; Carle and Ma, 2005). Recently, main emphasis has been put on fast-growing poplar plantations which are characterised by intensive cultivation.