Variation in bark thickness in a tropical forest community of Western Ghats in India

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-318

  Hegde, V ^a,b   Chandran, M D S ^a,c   Gadgil, M ^b,c  

^a Dr AV Baliga College of Arts and Science   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Evergreen forests; Gums; Resins

Indexed keywords

BARK THICKNESS; DISTURBANCE; GUM; RAINFOREST; RESIN;

INDIA, WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0031831799     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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