Do invasive plants threaten the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Biswas, Shekhar R ^a   Choudhury, Junaid Kabir ^a   Nishat, Ainun ^a   Rahman, Md Matiur ^b  

^a Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh National Herbarium   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Eichhornia crassipes; Invasive plant; Mangrove; Native invasive; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; INVADERS; POLICY CHANGE; RIVERBANKS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANGROVE; MONITORING; MONOCOTYLEDON; RIVER BANK; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MANGROVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 34248642252     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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