Herbage dynamics under Acacia mollissima plantations in sub-tropical grasslands of north-west Himalaya-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Herbage dynamics under Acacia mollissima plantations in sub-tropical grasslands of north-west Himalaya

Published:2011-09-01 Issue:3 Volume:34 Page:289-296
ISSN:0971-9431
Container-title:Indian Journal of Forestry
language:en
Short-container-title:Indian J. Forest.

Author:

Gupta B.¹,Chib Bandana¹

Affiliation:

1. Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry

Abstract

The study was conducted in three densities (D1 = 1200, D2 = 2800 and D3 = 3600 trees/ha) of A. mollissima plantations in university area at Solan. Effect of trees on herbage growth and production was studied during the growing season. The growth parameters viz., density, basal area and aboveground production of herbage increased from June, attained the peak values by August/September and declined thereafter till October and different species showed varying contribution to the community during different months. In general, the values of the growth parameters were maximum in control (grassland) followed by D1, D2 and D3. Peak density of herbage decreased by 18-35%, peak basal area decreased by 13-50% and peak aboveground biomass declined by 7-44% of the control (grassland) under different densities of A. mollissima trees.

Publisher

Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh

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