Ecological analysis of traditional agroforest and tropical forest in the foothills of Indian eastern Himalaya: Vegetation, soil and microbial biomass

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Deb, S ^a   Barbhuiya, A R ^a   Arunachalam, A ^a,b   Arunachalam, K ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforests; Biodiversity; Litter; Microbial biomass; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; LITTER; MICROORGANISM; SOIL; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53849117810     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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