Biomass production and carbon stock of poplar agroforestry systems in Yamunanagar and Saharanpur districts of northwestern India

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 736-742

  Rizvi, R H ^a   Dhyani, S K ^a   Yadav, R S ^a   Singh, Ramesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGROFORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Biomass; Carbon dioxide assimilation; Carbon stock; Poplar

Indexed keywords

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 79953059236     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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