Herbivore density and biomass in a semi-arid tropical dry deciduous forest of western India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-478

  Bagchi, Sumanta ^a,b   Goyal, Surendra P ^a   Sankar, K ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Distance sampling; Eco development; Line transect; Ranthambhore; Tropical herbivores

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3142682512     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740400166X     Document Type: Article

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