Plant biodiversity and conservation of tropical semi-evergreen forest in the Shervarayan hills of Eastern Ghats, India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-439

  Kadavul, K ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^b  

^a Kanchimamunivar Ctr P grad Studs   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conversation; Dispersion pattern; Eastern Ghats; Population structure; Tree diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032987127     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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