Distribution pattern of aboveground biomass in natural and plantation forests of humid tropics in northeast India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-304

  Baishya, Ratul ^a   Barik, Saroj Kanta ^a   Upadhaya, Krishna ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Carbon storage; Northeast India; Sal plantation forest; Silvicultural practices; Tropical semi evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67849095410     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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