Fine root dynamics in undisturbed and disturbed stands of a tropical wet evergreen forest in northeast India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-79

  Barbhuiya, A R ^a   Arunachalam, A ^b   Pandey, H N ^c   Khan, M L ^d   Arunachalam, K ^e  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Disturbance; Fine roots; Production; Tropical wet evergreen forest; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

INDIA;

EID: 80054101506     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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