Tree diversity in sacred groves of the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya, northeast India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 583-597

  Upadhaya, K ^a   Pandey, H N ^a   Law, P S ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Sacred grove; Tree distributional pattern; Tree diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WOODY PLANT;

INDIA;

LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037333876     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022401012824     Document Type: Article

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