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Height and diameter at breast height relationship of mangroves in Kerala coast, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Division of Forest Botany, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala, India
  • 2Division of Forest Botany, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala, India
  • 3Division of Soil Science, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi 680 653, Kerala, India

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 9, Issue (4), Pages 1-6, October,22 (2020)

Abstract

The diameter at breast height in relation to the height (Dbh:H) in mangroves may differ with respect to the region and regions generating large-volume assessments of biomass in the above-ground results in fallacy if these differences in species are neglected. A performance assessment with 11 existing non-linear and linear models were held to pick the optimum solution that resolves the Dbh-h relation in mangroves lying in proximity to the Western coastal line of India using a dataset of heights and Dbh of 1034 trees. To assess the chosen models, we adopt AIC system. As per the inference, monomolecular model with a value of 4933.43 (AIC) was bet fit for pooled data.

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