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Table 7 Comparison of plantation growth rates around the world (m3 ha-1 yr-1).

From: Quantifying the effectiveness of climate change mitigation through forest plantations and carbon sequestration with an integrated land-use model

Species

This study

[27]

[28]

[34]

[48]

[61]

[71]

[77]

[78]

E. camaldulensis

18

6–38

15–30

15–30

    

4–34

E. grandis

28

 

15–50

15–50

30–35 (tropics)

16–30 (rest of world)

25

  

35–50

P. radiate

16

26

12–35

12–35

20–22

 

11–25

18–30

8–23

Poplar spp.

19

9–30

  

12–20

 

9–19

 

8–40

Picea abies

13

5–21

   

5–8

10–15

 

4–12

Larix kaempferi

8

5–14

      

4–12