Plant species diversity and tree population structure of a humid tropical forest in Tamil Nadu, India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1643-1669

  Swamy, P S ^a   Sundarapandian, S M ^a   Chandrasekar, P ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Plant diversity; Population structure; Regeneration; Tropical forest; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

INDIA;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; AGROSTISTACHYS; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; CULLENIA; DRYPETES; EUPATORIUM; HOPEA; HOPEA PARVIFLORA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 0034516291     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026511812878     Document Type: Article

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