Above-ground biomass estimation of a secondary forest in Sarawak

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-368

  Chai, F Y C ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Secondary forest; Shifting cultivation regression

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; SECONDARY FOREST;

MALAYSIA, SARAWAK, KUCHING, SEMENGOK;

CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS CYPERINUS; DILLENIA SUFFRUTICOSA; DILLENIACEAE; EMBELIA EFFUSA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MACARANGA; MYRSINACEAE; TRICHOSPERMUM KURZII; VERBENACEAE; VITEX PUBESCENS;

EID: 0031453324     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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