Performance of an age series of Alnus-cardamom plantations in the Sikkim Himalaya: Productivity, energetics and efficiencies

Annals of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-272

  Sharma, G ^a   Sharma, E ^a,b   Sharma, R ^a   Singh, K K ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Amomum subulatum (large cardamom); Biomass; Energy efficiency; Energy flow; Net primary productivity; Plantation age; Production efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CROP YIELD; ENERGY FLUX; INTERCROPPING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION;

INDIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; AMOMUM; BETULACEAE; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM;

ALDER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARDAMOM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ALNUS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELETTARIA; FORESTRY; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMPONENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036490952     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf035     Document Type: Article

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