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Günay Erpul - Özden Görücü - Atila Gül - Yusuf Güneş
Reşat Akgöz - Kenan İnce - Ünal Satı Yilmaz
Production powers for different plant formations are given in Table 2
(Kalıpsız, 1982).
Table 2: Comparison of biomass production power of forests and other plant
communities (annual maximum plant dry matter weight tonnes/ha/year)
Plant Formations Biomass weight(tonnes/ha/year)
Spruce tree 8-14
Temperate zone forests 13
Oriental beech 7-12
Northern coniferous forests 8
Pine species 5-8
Garden and field crops 6.5
Sugar Beet 12
Shrub plants 6
Cereals 4-10
Temperate-zone grasslands 5
Potato 4-8
Mountainous pastures 1.4
Rhododendron 2
70 Journal of Environment, Urban and Climate
