Understorey plant diversity in subtropical humid forest of Meghalaya

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Upadhaya, K ^a   Pandey, H N ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Northeast India; Sacred grove; Species richness; Subtropical humid forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745796870     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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