Aboveground tree biomass in a recovering tropical sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forest of Eastern Ghats,India |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi?an, Shaanxi 710021, PR China;2. State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;1. Department of Forestry, College of Forestry, V.C.S.G. Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India;2. Department of Environmental Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh 484 887, India;3. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249 161, India;4. GeoBioTec Research Centre, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan;2. Department of Applied Physics, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan;3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin 632, Taiwan;4. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Aboveground biomass of individual tree species by component and total biomass per unit area for four different stages of a recovering tropical dry deciduous forest stands, dominated by sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) of the Eastern Ghats, India were investigated during 2001–2002. Different periods of recovering (2, 4, 6, and 10-year) forest stands (84°13′E, 20°29′N) were selected in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, India and sample trees of all species were harvested. Tree species diversity was 23, 23, 21 and 22 in 2, 4, 6, and 10-year recovering stands, respectively. Species-wise Ixora pavetta showed the highest biomass in 2 and 4-year stands while Shorea robusta in 6 and 10-year stands. Component-wise, in all species, bole–wood contribution ranged between 22.6% and 60.9%. Aboveground tree biomass, in all the stands, was dominated by Shorea robusta, which ranged between 12.68 and 231.91 Mg ha?1. Total aboveground tree biomass was 30.12, 49.21, 107.54 and 261.08 Mg ha?1 in 2, 4, 6 and 10-year stands, respectively. |
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