Carbon sequestration with special reference to agroforestry in cold deserts of Ladakh

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1063-1068

  Kumar, G Phani ^a   Murkute, Ashutosh A ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^a   Singh, Shashi Bala ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; Cold desert lands; Global warming; Trans Himalayas

Indexed keywords

SALIX;

EID: 71749087051     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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