Biomass and nutrient studies of selected tree species of natural and plantation forests
: implications for a sustainable management of the Munessa-Shashemene Forest, Ethiopia
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Title:
Biomass and nutrient studies of selected tree species of natural and plantation forests
:
implications for a sustainable management of the Munessa-Shashemene Forest, Ethiopia
Description:
Plantation forests with exotic tree species have been introduced to alleviate the problems of deforestation in Ethiopia. In the future, more plantation forests with fast growing species should be grown for coping with the ever-increasing demands for fuelwood and other forest products. However, it is not known whether plantation forests are sustainable or not. For the sustainability of plantation forests with exotic tree species, it is of paramount importance to thoroughly understand their ecological and social attributes through a holistic approach. For this reason, a multidisciplinary project was initiated in the Munessa-Shashemene Forest. Such an approach gives valuable information about the sustainability of plantation forests when the basic ecological features of the natural forests are compared with plantation forests. As an integral part of the multidisciplinary project, the objectives of this study are to: 1) quantify the fine roots and aboveground biomass of selected tree species in both natural and plantation forests; 2) quantify the macronutrient stocks of the fine roots and aboveground components of selected trees species in both natural and plantation forests; and 3) evaluate the implication of the changes in the biomass and macronutrient stocks for a sustainable management of forests...