Tree species composition, dispersion and diversity along a disturbance gradient in a dry tropical forest region of India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 61-71

  Sagar, R ^a   Raghubanshi, A S ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Density; Distribution; Evenness; Species richness; Diversity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOILS;

TROPICAL FORESTS;

ECOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST INVENTORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CASSIA; CASSIA FISTULA; ELAEODENDRON; ELAEODENDRON GLAUCUM; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; LANNEA COROMANDELICA; SENNA;

EID: 0344065876     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00235-4     Document Type: Article

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