Soil water dynamics, growth of Dendrocalamus strictus and herbage productivity influenced by rainwater harvesting in Aravalli hills of Rajasthan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2519-2528

  Singh, G ^a  

^a ARID FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Degraded Aravalli; Site productivity; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; DEEP SOILS; DEGRADED ARAVALLI; DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS; ENHANCED SURFACE; GROWTH VARIABLES; IN-CONTROL; PRODUCTION PATTERNS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAJASTHAN; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER STATUS; VEGETATION COVER;

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AFFORESTATION; BIOMASS; CONTOUR MAP; DEGRADATION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RAINWATER; SEEDLING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE;

ARAVALLI RANGE; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS;

EID: 70349755904     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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