The diversity of life-form type, habitat preference and phenology of the endemics in the Goa region of the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1227-1237

  Joshi, Vaishali C ^a,b   Janarthanam, M K ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic; Evergreen; Flowering phenology; India; Life forms; Moist deciduous; Plateaus; Semi evergreen; Tropics; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 3543099869     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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