The impact of resource collection by local communities on the dry forests of the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Arjunan, M ^a   Puyravaud, Jean Philippe ^b   Davidar, Priya ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IT Power (India) Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Forest resources; India; Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve; Protected areas; Rural communities; Sustainable extraction; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PROTECTED AREA; REGENERATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALAKAD-MUNDANTHURAI TIGER RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33845686388     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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