Biodiversity conservation in sacred groves of Manipur, northeast India: Population structure and regeneration status of woody species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2439-2456

  Devi Khumbongmayum, Ashalata ^a   Khan, M L ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a,b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Population structure; Regeneration status; Sacred groves; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MANIPUR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33749601637     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-6901-0     Document Type: Article

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