Assessing the tropical forest plant diversity: A Case study from the Western Ghats, India

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-444

  Ghate, Utkarsh ^b   Bhagwat, Shonil ^a   Gokhale, Yogesh ^a   Gour Broome, Vivek ^a   Barwe, Vijay ^a,c  

^a Res Action in Nat Wealth Admin   (India)

^b Found Revitalisation Loc Hlth T   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Niche width; Rapid assessment; Sampling effort; Species richness; Species turnover; Tropical moist forests

Indexed keywords

NICHE WIDTH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA, WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0031370959     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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