Vegetation structure, niche width, niche overlap and types of competition in temperate grazingland of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-273

  Anthwal, Smriti ^a   Bhatt, Ajay B ^a   Nautiyal, Bhagwati P ^a,b   Anthwal, Ashish ^a,c  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Competition; Niche overlap; Niche width; Resource; Species diversity; Temperate grazing land

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

CAPILLIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 51049122140     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9137-1     Document Type: Article

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