Impact of biomass extraction on soil properties and foliar nitrogen content in a community forest and a semi-protected natural forest in the central mid-hills of Nepal

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-333

  Baral, S K ^a   Katzensteiner, K ^b  

^a Department of Forest Research and Survey ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass; Foliar nitrogen contents; Mid hills of Nepal; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOLIAGE; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

NEPAL;

EID: 84928619893     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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