In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Acacia and eucalypt plantations, managed over rotation cycles of 5–8 years, are important
resources for wood production in Southeast Asia. This paper reviews the processes that …

Organized forestry in Brazil began in the late 1960s, stimulated by a government policy
which subsidized afforestation programs from 1967 to 1989 to develop an internationally …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

The sustainability of fast-growing tropical Eucalyptus plantations is of concern in a context of
rising fertilizer costs, since large amounts of nutrients are removed with biomass every 6–7 …

The role of vegetation in preventing shallow soil mass movement is now fairly well
understood, particularly at the individual plant level. However, how soil is reinforced on a …

Our objectives were to quantify soil respiration in a 3-year-old Eucalyptus plantation in
coastal Congo and to investigate both temporal and spatial variations of this major …

Fine-root (< 2 mm) biomass and biomass distribution were determined in different age-
classes of three European forest chronosequences dominated by Fagus sylvatica L., Picea …

Although highly weathered soils cover considerable areas in tropical regions, little is known
about exploration by roots in deep soil layers. Intensively managed Eucalyptus plantations …

The influence of plant diversity on slope stability was investigated at early phases of
succession in a mixed forest in Sichuan, China. The first phase comprised big node bamboo …