Local plant species depletion in a tropical dry deciduous forest of northern India

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-62

  Sagar, R ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Declining species populations; Demographic instability; Demography of tree species; Dry tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

FODDERS; FUELWOOD COLLECTION; GRASSLANDS; PLANT SPECIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 2442564492     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001031     Document Type: Article

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