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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Mensuration options for multi-purpose tree species in Malawi: a review

Exporter la citation

It is becoming increasingly important to standardize the methods used to assess growth of multi-purpose tree species in Malawi. Most of the standard methods used in Malawi have been developed by networks currently promoting internationally coordinated research efforts on multi-purpose tree species. These networks include, Oxford Forestry Institute (OFI), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development Project (F/FRED) and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). This paper reviews the methods used by these networks for measuring height and diameter, and for estimating leaf biomass; giving researchers a range of methodological options to choose from. It also emphasizes the need, which is too often neglected, to clearly and unambiguously define assessment methods to allow the experiment to be repeated or the results to be compared with those from other sites.
    Année de publication

    1998

    Auteurs

    Makungwa S D

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    forest mensuration, malawi, measurement, multipurpose trees, research networks

    Géographique

    Malawi

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