Analysis of landuse and biomass in Khanda watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, using satellite remote sensing data

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Tiwari, A K ^a   Agarwal, Ashita ^b   Kumar, Sunil ^a,c   Tiwari, S C ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Crown cover; Forest type; Himalaya; Landuse; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; FOREST COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION MAPPING; WOODLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KHANDA WATERSHED; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS ROXBURGHII;

EID: 33845713958     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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