Wet evergreen forest types of the southern western ghats, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-292

  Pascal, J P ^a   Ramesh, B R ^b   De Franceschi, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest typology; India; Western ghats; Wet evergreen forests

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; TYPOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS; WORLD;

EID: 18544368545     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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