Forest protection and regeneration under joint forest planning and management in Eastern Plains and Western Ghats of Karnataka, Indian

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-84

  Sudha, P ^a,b   Ramprasad, V ^a,c   Bhat, P R ^a,b   Murthy, I K ^a   Jagannatha Rao, R ^a   Hedge, G T ^a,b   Nagaraja, B C ^a   Shastri, C M ^a   Nagendra, M D V ^a   Khan, H ^a   Shetty, D M ^a,b   Hegde, G N ^a,b   Murali, K S ^a   Ravindranath, N H ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Ohio University ^*

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Eastern Plains; Joint forest management; Karnataka; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY INDEXES; EASTERN PLAINS; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; KARNATAKA; MEAN ANNUAL INCREMENTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; WESTERN GHATS;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 32644449998     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008684     Document Type: Article

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