Forest fire in the central Himalaya: Climate and recovery of trees

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Sharma, Subrat ^a   Rikhari, H C ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Central Himalaya; Climate; Fire; Recovery; Sprout

Indexed keywords

LYONIA OVALIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM;

EID: 0007516921     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050020     Document Type: Article

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