Biomass production and carbon sequestration by Pongamia pinnata (Linn) pierre in tropical environment

International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-140

  Bohre, Priyanka ^a   Chaubey, O P ^a   Singhal, P K ^b  

^a State Forest Research Institute   (India)

^b RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allometric equation; Biomass accumulation; Carbon sequestration; Non harvest technique; Plantation forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899699504     PISSN: 22337849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14257/ijbsbt.2014.6.2.13     Document Type: Article

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