Claim · model-written summary
Poplar yields were predicted to exceed Miscanthus yields in New England, the upper Midwest, and northern California.
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- exceede0
- Comparator
- Miscanthuse0
- Setting
- New England, the upper Midwest, and northern Californiae0
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Verbatim
e0“In New England, the upper Midwest, and northern California, yields are predicted to exceed those of the highly productive C4 perennial grass, Miscanthus.”
Title
Dan Wang; David LeBauer; Michael Dietze Ecological Applications 2012. doi:10.1890/12-0854.1
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- Method / resource Seven model variables accounted for more than 80% of uncertainty in modeled poplar yields.
- Method / resource Assimilation of observed yield data reduced uncertainty in model parameters and biomass estimates.
- Method / resource The ED2 model captured temporal and spatial variation in poplar yield at nine independent sites.
- Observation Simulations suggested poplar plantations became a soil-carbon sink within 18 years after conversion from corn or existing forest.
- Observation Projected poplar yield reached 18 Mg per hectare per year in eastern, southern, and northwestern regions.
- Observation In productive regions, four-to-eleven-year poplar rotations gave the highest potential yields.