Allometric relationships for predicting the stem volume in a Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. plantation in Bangladesh

IForest

Volumn 3, Issue NOVEMBER, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Khan, M Nabiul Islam ^a,b   Faruque, O ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Allometry; Monoculture plantation; Regression; Rosewood; Sissoo; Stem volume

Indexed keywords

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO;

EID: 84861567640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0554-003     Document Type: Article

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