Wood properties in relation to foliar phenology of some planted tree species at Kirtipur, central Nepal

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Shrestha, Bharat Babu ^a   Uprety, Yadav ^a   Jha, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Phenology; Pinus roxburghii; Populus x euramericana; Wood density; Wood saturated water content

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; SUCCESSION; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; KIRTIPUR; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; HEXAPODA; PINUS ROXBURGHII; POPULUS X CANADENSIS;

EID: 38549109996     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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