Tree species gap phase performance in the buffer zone area of Namdapha National Park, Eastern Himalaya, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-225

  Deb, Panna ^a   Sundriyal, R C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Forest gaps; Species regeneration; Species richness; Tropical rainforests; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; GAP DYNAMICS; NATIONAL PARK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPUS;

EID: 53849093440     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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