Establishment of allometric models and estimation of biomass recovery of swidden cultivation fallows in mixed deciduous forests of the Bago Mountains, Myanmar

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 427-436

  Chan, Nyein ^a   Takeda, Shinya ^a   Suzuki, Reiji ^b   Yamamoto, Sota ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass; Myanmar; REDD; Swidden cultivation; Teak

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; ALLOMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; MIXED-SPECIES FORESTS; MYANMARS; REDD; TEAK;

BAMBOO; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BAMBOO; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; FALLOW; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

BAGO; MYANMAR;

EID: 84879536694     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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