Species diversity in four contrasting sites in a peri-urban area in Indian dry tropics

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-241

  Gupta, Shachi ^a   Narayan, Rup ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (India)

Author keywords

and diversity; Brick kiln; Dominance diversity; Grazingland; Peri urban vegetation; Semi arid region

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANGIOSPERM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; PERIURBAN AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALI RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS;

EID: 38549093460     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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