Structure and composition of woody species in tropical semi-evergreen forest of Kalrayan hills, Eastern Ghats, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-260

  Kadavul, K ^a,b   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kanchimamunivar Ctr P grad Studs   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eastern ghats; Population structure; Stand density; Tree diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

INDIA;

CELTIS PHILIPPENSIS; NOTHOPEGIA HEYNEANA;

EID: 0033364009     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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