Diversity and species structure of home gardens in South Andaman

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Pandey, C B ^a   Lata, Kanak ^b   Venkatesh, A ^a   Medhi, R P ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Equitability; Home forest garden; Home garden; Profile diagram

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST GARDEN; HOME GARDEN; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; CARICA PAPAYA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CURCUMA LONGA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 38549150714     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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