Water Availability Controls the Biomass Increment of Melia dubia in South India
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Region
2.2. Study Sites and Plot Design
2.3. Tree Observations
2.4. Wood Density
2.5. Aboveground Biomass Estimation
2.6. Bioclimatic Variables
2.7. Soil Variables
2.8. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Aboveground Biomass of M. dubia
4.2. Growth Potential of M. dubia
4.3. Controls of Biomass and Growth of M. dubia
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Estimate | SE | t Statistic | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | 4.52 | 0.32 | 14.27 | <0.001 |
Age | 1.45 | 0.09 | 16.28 | <0.001 |
Stand density | 0.54 | 0.29 | 1.84 | 0.06 |
Age: Stand density | −0.07 | 0.09 | −0.83 | 0.40 |
Age: Irrigation (irrigated) | 0.06 | 0.04 | 1.67 | 0.09 |
Age: CWD | 0.08 | 0.03 | 2.62 | <0.01 |
Age: Nsoil | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.62 | 0.10 |
Age: Psoil | 0.05 | 0.02 | 2.89 | <0.01 |
Age: CWD: Irrigation (irrigated) | −0.05 | 0.03 | −1.37 | 0.17 |
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Röll, A.; Ramesha, M.N.; Link, R.M.; Hertel, D.; Schuldt, B.; Patil, S.L.; Hölscher, D. Water Availability Controls the Biomass Increment of Melia dubia in South India. Forests 2021, 12, 1675. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121675
Röll A, Ramesha MN, Link RM, Hertel D, Schuldt B, Patil SL, Hölscher D. Water Availability Controls the Biomass Increment of Melia dubia in South India. Forests. 2021; 12(12):1675. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121675
Chicago/Turabian StyleRöll, Alexander, Mundre N. Ramesha, Roman M. Link, Dietrich Hertel, Bernhard Schuldt, Shekhargouda L. Patil, and Dirk Hölscher. 2021. "Water Availability Controls the Biomass Increment of Melia dubia in South India" Forests 12, no. 12: 1675. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121675