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

Abstract

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 (

Keywords

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

Published in

Forest Ecology and Management
2005, volume: 204, number: 45691, pages: 159-169
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Embaye, Kassahun

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Weih, Martin

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ledin, Stig

  • Department of Soil Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Christersson, Lars

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science
Bioenergy

Publication identifier

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

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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