Structure and function of a sub-tropical humid forest of Meghalaya I. Vegetation, biomass and its nutrients (original) (raw)

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The peripheral disturbed zone of a 50-year old stand of the forest at Lailad was dominated by_Dendrocalamus hamiltonii_, an early successional bamboo characteristic of a secondary successional fallow of not more than 20–25 years while the central undisturbed zone had_Schima wallichii, Castanopsis indica_ and_Shorea robusta_ as important components. The biomass of the forest was computed as 137×108 kg/ha of which 64.7% was in the central zone. The contribution by different species both in the central and peripheral zone of the forest was worked out. Linear relationship between_dbh/d_ 2 h and biomass was worked out for different species. The standing crop had: N, 953; P, 284; K, 600; Ca, 2281; and Mg, 450 kg/ha, of which 60% was in the central zone of the forest.

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   Jasbir Singh & P S Ramakrishnan

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Singh, J., Ramakrishnan, P.S. Structure and function of a sub-tropical humid forest of Meghalaya I. Vegetation, biomass and its nutrients.Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 91, 241–253 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167128

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• Received: 10 January 1981
• Revised: 01 May 1982
• Issue date: June 1982
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167128

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