Structure and floristic composition of a tropical evergreen forest in south-west India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-210

  Pascal, Jean Pierre ^a   Pelissier, Raphael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

Floristic composition; India; Population structure; Spatial structure; Tropical evergreen forest; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

FLORISTIC COMPOSITION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

INDIA, WESTERN GHATS;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPUS INDICUS; FABACEAE; HUMBOLDTIA BRUNONIS; MYRISTICA DACTYLOIDES; MYRISTICACEAE; VATERIA INDICA;

EID: 0029661471     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s026646740000941x     Document Type: Article

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