Patterns of plant species diversity in the forest corridor of Rajaji-Corbett National Parks, Uttaranchal, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-93

  De, Aparajita ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Corridor forest; Mosaic diversity; Shannon Wiener index; Similarity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846925967     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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