Biological diversity assessment of Tok Bali mangrove forest, Kelantan, Malaysia

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Kasawani, I ^a   Kamaruzaman, J ^a   Nurun Nadhirah, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Biodiversity; Distribution; Mangrove; Structure

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KELANTAN; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA ALBA; BRUGUIERA CYLINDRICA; CERIOPS DECANDRA; DERRIS TRIFOLIATA; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; NYPA FRUTICANS; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; SONNERATIA ALBA;

EID: 42249096818     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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