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Aboveground biomass estimation of small diameter woody species of tropical dry forest

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R. K. Chaturvedi, A. S. Raghubanshi (2012). Aboveground biomass estimation of small diameter woody species of tropical dry forest. New Forests, 44(4), 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-012-9359-z