Performance of seedlings of various life forms on landslide-damaged forest sites in Central Himalaya

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Chaudhry, Smita ^a   Singh, S P ^a   Singh, J S ^b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alnus nepalensis; Early successional communities; Nodules; Suitable microsites

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; NURSE PLANT; SUCCESSION;

ASIA, HINMALAYAS; INDIA, KUMAUN HIMALAYA;

ALNUS NEPALENSIS; DESMODIUM TILAEFOLIUM;

EID: 0029668291     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405020     Document Type: Article

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