Scale and species-environment relationships in a central Himalayan oak forest, Nepal

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Vetaas, Ole R ^a   Chaudhary, Ram P ^b  

^a Botanical Institute   (Norway)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Elevation; Evergreen; Langtang National Park; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OAK; SCALE-DEPENDENT VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS LAMELLOSA; QUERCUS SENECARPIFOLIA;

EID: 0031930220     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009768122692     Document Type: Article

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