Vegetation composition and woody species diversity at Chandoli National Park, northern Western Ghats, India

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 637-646

  Kanade, R ^a,d   Tadwalkar, M ^b,d   Kushalappa, C ^c,d   Patwardhan, A ^a,b,d  

^a Swastishree Society   (India)

^b ABASAHEB GARWARE COLLEGE   (India)

^c Forestry College   (India)

^d Western Ghats Bioresource Mapping Project   (India)

Author keywords

Chandoli National Park; Memecylon Syzygium Olea floristic series; Vegetation composition; Woody species diversity

Indexed keywords

ACTINODAPHNE; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MELASTOMATACEAE; MEMECYLON; MYRTACEAE; OLEA DIOICA; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA;

EID: 52649107649     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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