Aboveground tree biomass in a recovering tropical sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forest of Eastern Ghats, India

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 509-521

  Behera, Soumit K ^a   Misra, Malaya K ^a  

^a BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats; Harvest; Recovering forest; Shorea robusta; Tree biomass; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

EASTERN GHATS; RECOVERING FORESTS; SHOREA ROBUSTA; TREE BIOMASS; TROPICAL;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; KANDHAMAL; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

IXORA PAVETTA; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 33646375972     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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