Formulating allometric equations for estimating biomass and carbon stock in small diameter trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1945-1949

  Singh, Vishal ^a   Tewari, Ashish ^a   Kushwaha, Satya P S ^b   Dadhwal, Vinay K ^b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Allometric; Biomass; Himalaya; Litter; Terai

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; ALLOMETRICS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; DIAMETER CLASS; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST VEGETATION; GROUND COMPONENTS; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; POST ANALYSIS; RAINY SEASONS; SEQUESTERING CARBON; SMALL-DIAMETER; TERAI; TREE COMPONENTS; TREE SPECIES;

BIOMASS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FROST; HARVESTING; LEAF LITTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB;

HIMALAYAS; TARAI;

ACACIA; ACACIA CATECHU; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; ULMACEAE;

EID: 79955037310     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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