1. Sprouting shoot biomass dynamics associated with traditional fire in the oak forest stand of Manipur, North East India.
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Singh, Tongbram Chand and Singh, E. J.
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BIOMASS production , *OAK , *LITHOCARPUS , *FOREST plants - Abstract
Sprouting shoot biomass of five tree species in the oak forest was measured at the end of the first and second year with different stump diameter and height (cm), and site quality (unburnt and burnt). The influence of stump diameter and height, shoot diameter, number of survived shoots and total leaf area on shoot biomass production is significant (P < 0.001). The net primary productivity of sprouts of these tree species is in the following order: Lithocarpus dealbata (15.29 kg stump-1 yr-1) > L. fenestrata (7.05 kg stump–1 yr-1) > Castanopsis tribuloides (6.68 kg stump-1 yr-1) > Quercus griffithii (6.19 kg stump–1 yr-1) > Q. serrata (2.28 kg stump-1 yr-1). The treatment factor (site quality) also has significant effect on the sprouting shoot biomass production (P < 0.05). The value of Durbin–Watson statistics was found to be 1.75 (close to 2), so that the fitted adjusted regression is useful to predict the pattern of biomass in the present study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011