Effects of selective logging on vascular epiphyte diversity in a moist lowland forest of Eastern Himalaya, India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Padmawathe, R ^a   Qureshi, Q ^a   Rawat, G S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Environment; Orchids; Pteridophytes; Rainforest; Selective logging; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EPIPHYTE; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 2642585812     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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