Predictive models for dry weight estimation of above and below ground biomass components of Populus deltoides in India: Development and comparative diagnosis

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1145-1152

  Ajit, ^a   Das, D K ^b   Chaturvedi, O P ^c   Jabeen, Nighat ^d   Dhyani, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGROFORESTRY   (India)

^b RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^d PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allometric models; Biomass components; Net productivity; Populus deltoides; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC MODELS; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; NET PRODUCTIVITY; POPULUS DELTOIDES; VALIDATION;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; HARVESTING; MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRY MATTER; ENERGY RESOURCE; HARVESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WEIGHT;

INDIA;

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 79451474810     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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