Anthropogenic disturbances and plant biodiversity in forests of Uttaranchal, central Himalaya

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-331

  Kumar, Arvind ^a   Ram, Jeet ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Forest; Himalaya; Richness; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

ANAPHALIS; CORIARIA NEPALENSIS; PINUS ROXBURGHII; PYRACANTHA; PYRACANTHA CRENULATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA;

EID: 15244348153     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-5047-4     Document Type: Article

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