Floristic diversity in urban forest area of NEERI Campus, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Gupta, Rakhi B ^a   Chaudhari, P R ^a   Wate, S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ecological balance; Floristic diversity; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGY; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; INDIA; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 48049122409     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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