Contribution of exotic weeds to plant community structure and primary production in successional fallows at Kodayar in Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-388

  Chandrasekaran, S ^a   Sundarapandian, S M ^a   Swamy, P S ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eupatorium odoratum; Exotic weeds; Lantana camera; Successional fallows; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FALLOW; INTRODUCED PLANT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; WEED;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, KODAYAR;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; EUPATORIUM; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; SYNEDRELLA NODIFLORA;

EID: 0031350107     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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