Culm recruitment, dry matter dynamics and carbon flux in recently harvested and mature bamboo savannas in the Indian dry tropics

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-164

  Tripathi, S K ^a   Singh, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

bamboo; biomass; carbon budget; carbon flux; dry tropics; production; savanna

Indexed keywords

DENDROCALAMUS; DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS; POACEAE;

BAMBOO; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; DRY TROPICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAVANNA;

INDIA;

EID: 0029660377     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347681     Document Type: Article

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