Tree diversity and carbon stocks of some major forest types of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2170-2179

  Sharma, Chandra M ^a   Baduni, Narendra P ^a   Gairola, Sumeet ^a   Ghildiyal, Sunil K ^a   Suyal, Sarvesh ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Deforestation; Himalayan forests; Species diversity; Stem density

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; HIMALAYAN FORESTS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEM DENSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION;

BIOMASS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREE;

BIOMASS; CHELATION; DEFORESTATION; DENSITY; EMISSION; FORESTS; HIMALAYA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 78049314002     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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