Assessment of plant diversity in response to forest degradation in a tropical dry deciduous forest of eastern ghats in Orissa

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-163

  Devi, U ^a   Behera, N ^a,b  

^a SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GANGADHAR MEHER UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest degradation; Importance value index; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS; TREES;

BAMRA; CLEISTANTHUS; PTEROCARPUS; SEMECARPUS; SHOREA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 0037230471     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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