Fuelwood characteristics of tree species in homegardens of Kerala, India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-24

  Shanavas, A ^a   Kumar, B Mohan ^a  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ash content; Heat of combustion; Moisture content; Multipurpose trees; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; HOME GARDEN;

INDIA;

COCOS NUCIFERA; FRAXINUS; HEVEA;

EID: 0141462598     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025450407545     Document Type: Article

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