Allometry for biomass estimation in Jatropha trees planted as boundary hedge in farmers' fields

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-233

  Makungwa, Stephy D ^a,b   Chittock, Abbie ^c   Skole, David L ^d   Kanyama Phiri, George Y ^b   Woodhouse, Iain H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c Bio Energy Resources Ltd   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Allometry; Carbon; Jatropha; Malawi; Smallholder farming systems; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ALLOMETRY; FARMING SYSTEM; JATROPHA; MALAWI; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION; WOODEN FENCES;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FARMING SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION; MALAWI; PLANTS;

MALAWI;

JATROPHA;

EID: 84883276575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4020218     Document Type: Article

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