Tree density, basal area and species diversity in a disturbed dry tropical forest of northern India: Implications for conservation

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-262

  Sagar, R ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Basal area; Conservation; Disturbance; Dry tropical forest; Species diversity; Species evenness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

DISTURBANCE; DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; SPECIES EVENNESS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CANOPY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REFORESTATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEEDLING; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANOPY THINNING; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT PATCHINESS; INDIA; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WILD SPECIES;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYA RANGE;

EID: 33750223660     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906003237     Document Type: Article

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