Effect of grazing on biodiversity of a semi-arid grazing land at Alwarkurichi, foothills of Western ghats, Tamilnadu

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-332

  Logakanthi, S ^a,b   Banu, J Rajesh ^a   Manoharan, K ^a  

^a Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dominance; Grazing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMIARID REGION;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; VEGETATION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; WESTERN GHATS;

HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; HETERPOGON CONTORTUS;

EID: 1642586661     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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