The shrubs of the Western Ghats (South India): Floristics and status

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 783-789

  Krishnan, Rani M ^a,b   Davidar, Priya ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

endemism; evergreen forests; India; Understorey shrub community; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; SHRUB COMMUNITY;

INDIA, WESTERN GHATS; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

ACANTHACEAE; ANNONACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; MYRSINACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0030302209     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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