Soil organic carbon pool in Indian forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 187-199

  Chhabra, Abha ^a   Palria, S ^b   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Forest area; Forest type; Remote sensing; Soil organic C density; Soil organic C pool

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; TEXTURES;

BULK DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

BULK DENSITY; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

CARBON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; TEXTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 0037415976     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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