Disentangling the response of species diversity, forest structure, and environmental drivers to aboveground biomass in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, India

Ashaq Ahmad Dar; Kanda Naveen Babu; Somaiah Sundarapandian; Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177684

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Disentangling the response of species diversity, forest structure, and environmental drivers to aboveground biomass in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, India

Ashaq Ahmad Dar Kanda Naveen Babu Somaiah Sundarapandian Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy

Science of The Total Environment Vol. 957 pp. 177684 · Elsevier BV

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Ashaq Ahmad Dar, Kanda Naveen Babu, Somaiah Sundarapandian, et al. (2024). Disentangling the response of species diversity, forest structure, and environmental drivers to aboveground biomass in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, India. Science of The Total Environment, 957, 177684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177684

Disentangling the response of species diversity, forest structure, and environmental drivers to aboveground biomass in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, India

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