Wood Specific Gravity Variations and Biomass of Central African Tree Species: The Simple Choice of the Outer Wood

Jean-François Bastin; Adeline Fayolle; Yegor Tarelkin; Jan Van den Bulcke; Thales de Haulleville; Frederic Mortier; Hans Beeckman; Joris Van Acker; Adeline Serckx; Jan Bogaert; Charles De Cannière

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142146

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Wood Specific Gravity Variations and Biomass of Central African Tree Species: The Simple Choice of the Outer Wood

Jean-François Bastin ,

* E-mail: bastin.jf@gmail.com

Affiliations Landscape Ecology and Plant Production Systems Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles, CP264-2, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, BIOSE Department, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium, Ecole Régionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et de gestion Intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux, Kinshasa, DR Congo
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Adeline Fayolle,

Affiliation BIOSE Department, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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Yegor Tarelkin,

Affiliation Landscape Ecology and Plant Production Systems Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles, CP264-2, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Jan Van den Bulcke,

Affiliation UGCT, University Ghent Centre for X-ray Tomography, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Thales de Haulleville,

Affiliations BIOSE Department, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium, Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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Frederic Mortier,

Affiliation UPR BSEF, CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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Hans Beeckman,

Affiliation Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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Joris Van Acker,

Affiliation UGCT, University Ghent Centre for X-ray Tomography, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Adeline Serckx,

Affiliations Ecole Régionale post-universitaire d’Aménagement et de gestion Intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux, Kinshasa, DR Congo, Behavioural Biology Unit, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, Conservation Biology Unit, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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Jan Bogaert,

Affiliation BIOSE Department, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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Charles De Cannière

Affiliation Landscape Ecology and Plant Production Systems Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles, CP264-2, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Wood Specific Gravity Variations and Biomass of Central African Tree Species: The Simple Choice of the Outer Wood

Jean-François Bastin,
Adeline Fayolle,
Yegor Tarelkin,
Jan Van den Bulcke,
Thales de Haulleville,
Frederic Mortier,
Hans Beeckman,
Joris Van Acker,
Adeline Serckx,
Jan Bogaert

Published: November 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142146

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