Community structure and species diversity of Saddle Peak forests in Andaman Island

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-250

  Tripathi, K P ^a   Tripathi, S ^a   Selven, T ^a   Kumar, K ^a   Singh, K K ^a   Mehrotra, Shanta ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Community structure; Population density; Species diversity; Species richness and heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

AGLAIA; AGLAIA ANDAMANICA; ARTOCARPUS; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS CHAPLASA; ARTOCARPUS GOMEZIANUS; BOMBAX; BOMBAX INSIGNIE; MALLOTUS PELTATUS; MESUA FERREA; MIMUSOPS; MIMUSOPS LITTORALIS; PARISHIA INSIGNIS; PTEROCYMBIUM TINCTORIUM; TABERNEAMONTANA CRISPA; ZANTHOXYLON BUDRUNGA;

EID: 18544380549     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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