Comparison of forest biomass across a human-induced disturbance gradient in nepal's schima-castanopsisforests

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 69-82

  Khatiy Chhetri, Deepak B ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass estimation; Degraded forests; Forest disturbance; Himalayan forests; Regression mode; Sacred forests; Stump dimensions; Temperate forests; Tresspass cutting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST DYNAMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

NEPAL;

CASTANOPSIS; SCHIMA;

EID: 0033512891     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v09n03_04     Document Type: Article

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