Diversity and population characteristics of woody species in subtropical humid forests exposed to cultural disturbances in Meghalaya, Northeast, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-314

  Upadhaya, K ^a   Pandey, H N ^a   Law, P S ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Northeast India; Sacred grove; Species richness; Subtropical humid forest; Tree diversity; Tree population

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

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

EID: 18544371669     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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