Organic matter accumulation in hill forests of chittagong region, Bangladesh

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Haque, S M Sirajul ^a   Karmakar, Nirmal Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Decomposition stages; Hill forest; Organic matter; Plantation forest

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LITTERFALL; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS;

EID: 70350041768     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-009-0037-8     Document Type: Article

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