The effect of religious sub-culture on the stock and diversity of the village forests in the floodplain area of bangladesh

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-150

  Miah, Danesh ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Moshiur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Green coverage; Homesteads; Sacred places; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745777793     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2006.9752552     Document Type: Article

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