And yet it shrinks: A novel method for correcting bias in forest tree growth estimates caused by water-induced fluctuations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 336, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-136

  Chitra Tarak, Rutuja ^a   Ruiz, Laurent ^a,b   Pulla, Sandeep ^a   Dattaraja, H S ^a   Suresh, H S ^a   Sukumar, Raman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Carbon; Permanent sampling plot; Reversible stem flexing; Seasonally dry tropical forest; Tree shrinkage

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; SURVEYS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PERMANENT SAMPLING PLOT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; REVERSIBLE STEM FLEXING; SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; STEM DIAMETER CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CENSUS; DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRINKAGE; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

INDIA;

EID: 84949116826     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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