Tree species diversity and composition in logged and unlogged rainforest of Kudremukh National Park, South India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 627-634

  Nagaraja, B C ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a   Bunty Raj, M ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Index for stand quality; Kudremukh National Park; Selective logging; South India; Tropical forest; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INDEX METHOD; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY THINNING; INDIA; LOGGING; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; KUDREMUKH NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26444512175     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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