Allometric biomass models for bark of Cinnamomum tamala in mid-hill of Nepal

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-49

  Subedi, Mukti Ram ^a   Sharma, Ram P ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bark; Bark biomass model; Biomass; Cinnamomum tamala

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALLOMETRY; BARK; BIOMASS MODELS; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; ALLOMETRICS;

FORESTRY; BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; BARK; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; BIOMASS; DATA SET; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHRUB;

BIOMASS; CINNAMOMUM; NEPAL;

NEPAL;

CINNAMOMUM TAMALA;

EID: 84870672646     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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