Floristic inventory of woody plants in a tropical montane (shola) forest in the Palni hills of the Western Ghats, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  Davidar, Priya ^a   Mohandass, D ^a   Vijayan, S Lalitha ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Palni hills; Plant inventory; Sholas; Species diversity; Tropical montane forest; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; WOODY PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KUKKAL FOREST; PALNI HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WESTERN GHATS;

LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE; XANTOLIS;

EID: 38549093470     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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