Grazing lawns in Terai grasslands, Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-429

  Karki, Jhamak Bahadur ^a   Jhala, Yadavendardev V ^b   Khanna, Param Pal ^c  

^a Babar Mahal ^*  (Nepal)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Community structure; Forage; Hot spot; Mega herbivores; Nepal; Nutritive quality; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

NEPAL; ROYAL BARDIA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0033781961     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00489.x     Document Type: Article

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