Above-ground biomass estimation in ten tropical dry evergreen forest sites of peninsular India

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 284-290

  Mani, S ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Peninsular India; Permanent plot; Tropical dry evergreen forest; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS; PERMANENT PLOT;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34147099652     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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