A scientific assessment of traditional knowledge on firewood and fodder values in Sikkim, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2073-2078

  Chettri, Nakul ^a   Sharma, Eklabya ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Firewood Value Index; Fodder trees; Local knowledge; Sikkim Himalayas

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; BETULA ALNOIDES; CASTANOPSIS HYSTRIX; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CRUDE PROTEINS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DRY MATTERS; FAT CONTENTS; FIREWOOD VALUE INDEX; FODDER TREES; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST RESOURCES; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PEOPLES; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS; PLANT SPECIES; PROTEIN CONTENTS; QUERCUS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; SPECIES PREFERENCES; TREE SPECIES; WOOD DENSITIES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FODDER; HARVESTING; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

ACER; ACER OBLONGUM; ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; ANIMALIA; BEILSCHMIEDIA; BETULA ALNOIDES; CASTANOPSIS HYSTRIX; EURYA; IMPERATA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS CERASOIDES; QUERCUS LAMELLOSA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM; RHODODENDRON BARBATUM; RHODODENDRON FALCONERI; SAURAUIA NAPAULENSIS; SCHIMA WALLICHII; SYMPLOCOS; THYSANOLAENA MAXIMA;

EID: 63749097338     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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