Human disturbance and forest diversity in the Tansa Valley, India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1051-1072

  Veach, Radha ^a   Lee, David ^b,c   Philippi, Tom ^b  

^a A1/301 Kumar Prerama ^*  (India)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Forests; India; Tropical deciduous

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0037403847     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022834722091     Document Type: Article

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