Tree growth, mortality and recruitment in four tropical wet evergreen forest sites of the Kolli hills, eastern ghats, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-286

  Sundaram, Bharath ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Biomonitoring; Eastern ghats; Permanent research plots; Tree growth; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA;

EID: 0038707442     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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