Biomass and productivity in some disturbed tropical dry deciduous teak forests of Satpura plateau, Madhya Pradesh

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-239

  Pande, P K ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Above and belowground biomass; Decomposition; Disturbances; Litter; Non Photosynthetic; Photosynthetic

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA; DIOSPYROS MELANOXYLON; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA PARVIFLORA; LANNEA; STERCULIA; STERCULIA URENS; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 33845717734     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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