Impact of land use changes on species structure, biomass and carbon storage in tropical deciduous forest and converted forest

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Singh, Lalji ^a   Yadav, Dhiraj Kumar ^a   Pagare, Priyata ^a   Ghosh, Lekha ^a   Thakur, B S ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon storage; Converted forest; Species diversity; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 70349451459     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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