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Carbon sequestration potential of nitrogen-fixing tree stands

Forestry Studies
Volume 62 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
By: Mehraj Ahamd Sheikh,  Munesh Kumar and  Nagendra Prasad Todaria  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fsmu-2015-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
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Language: English
Page range: 39 - 47
Submitted on: Sep 5, 2015
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2015
Published on: Feb 19, 2016
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
carbon sequestration,
Dalbergia sissoo,
Leucaena leucocephala,
nitrogenfixing,
pure,
mixed
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

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