SHORT-TERM GIRTH INCREMENT IN TREE SPECIES OF TROPICAL DRY EVERGREEN FOREST ON THE COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA
P. VIVEK
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605 014, India.
N. PARTHASARATHY *
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605 014, India.
MONICA PANDIAN
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605 014, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Permanent plots totaling 1.8 ha was established in October 2012 for tree girth increment assessment in nine tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF) sites on the Coromandel Coast of India. All trees ≥ 30 cm girth at breast height (GBH) were measured, tagged and the point of measurement (POM) was paint-marked. Short-term girth increment of TDEF tree species was studied after two years in October 2014, by re-measuring all the tagged trees exactly at the same POM.
Keywords: Leafing phenology, leaf size, permanent plot, tree girth increment, wood specific density