Temporal assessment of growing stock, biomass and carbon stock of Indian forests

Climatic Change

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 191-221

  Manhas, R K ^a   Negi, J D S ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b   Chauhan, P S ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON STOCK; GROWING STOCK (GS); TEMPERATE REGION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 33646774331     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9011-4     Document Type: Article

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