Structural diversity and representativeness of forest vegetation in a protected area of Kumaun Himalaya, India: Implications for conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1045-1062

  Dhar, Uppeandra ^a   Rawal, Ranbeer S ^a   Samant, Sher S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Composition change; Conservation; Himalayan forests; Native; Non native; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; PINUS ROXBURGHII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LANUGINOSA; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA; QUERCUS SEMECARPIFOLIA;

EID: 0030815983     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018375932740     Document Type: Article

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