Life form composition and stratification of montane humid forests in Meghalaya, northeast India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-190

  Alemmeren Jamir, S ^a   Upadhaya, K ^b   Pandey, H N ^b  

^a Fazl Ali College   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Life form; Meghalaya; Montane forests; Northeast India; Sacred grove; Stratification

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAINTIA HILL; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38549131730     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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