Regeneration of monodominant stands of banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) on abandoned terraces in the Central Himalayas

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 75-90

  Quazi, Shimona A ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Thadani, Rajesh ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b Central Himalayan Rural Action Group   (India)

Author keywords

Abandoned fields; Banj oak; Chir pine; Chronosequence; Disturbance; Grazing; Himalayas; Pinus roxburghii; Quercus leucotrichophora; Succession; Terraces

Indexed keywords

CLAY; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MULCH; FUELWOOD; TOPSOIL;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ANIMALIA; PINUS ROXBURGHII; QUERCUS;

EID: 3142783697     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v17n04_05     Document Type: Article

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