Predominant phenotypic traits of distributed tropical dry deciduous forest vegetation in northern India

Community Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Sagar, R ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bark texture; Deciduousness; Disturbance; Dry tropical forest; Leaf size and texture; Plant functional traits; Relative importance value

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

(NORTH); INDIA;

EID: 0042569128     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.1.9     Document Type: Article

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