Annual variation in non-timber forest product yield in the Western Ghats, Karnataka, India

Bhat, PR and Murali, KS and Hegde, GT and Shastri, CM and Bhat, DM and Murthy, Indu K and Ravindranath, NH (2003) Annual variation in non-timber forest product yield in the Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. In: Current Science, 85 (9). pp. 1350-1355.

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Abstract

In the Western Ghats part of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, sixteen non-timber forest product species were monitored for yield and yield attributes during the years 1997, 1999 and 2000. Average fruit number per tree was computed and yearly variation in fruit number was compared. Correlation coefficients were computed for yield with its attributes such as girth, crown size and height. Further, the correlation coefficients among yield attributes were also computed.In most species, there was significant difference in fruit number between years, indicating that most tropical tree species exhibit supra-annual cycle of reproduction. An important observation made was that in most species, the yield between two consecutive years was significantly different. Correlations among various yield attributes indicated that though the coefficients among the yield attributes were consistent, correlation with yield was highly variable, indicating that annual variations may be because of the environmental attributes that influence yield. Therefore, the predictive ability of yield for fruits is difficult.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Current Science
Publisher:	Current Science Association
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA) Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2008 06:56
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/16721

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