Regeneration dynamics and sylvigenesis in the moist deciduous forests of southwest India

New Forests

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-205

  Valappil, Narayanan I ^a   Swarupanandan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Constraints to regeneration; Natural regeneration of trees; Tropical deciduous forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMID DECIDUOUS FOREST; REGENERATION;

INDIA, KERALA, THRISSUR FOREST DIVISION;

EID: 0029661285     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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