Forest dynamics in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-345

  Jayakumar, S ^a   Ramachandran, A ^b,c   Bhaskaran, G ^d   Heo, J ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Tamil Nadu Forest Department   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Change detection; Eastern Ghats; Forest dynamics; Forest management; Remote sensing; Species distribution; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; EASTERN GHATS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON; CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SIGNAL DETECTION; WATER LEVELS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRS (SATELLITE); LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LISS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

CARBON; CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAILROADS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CARYCHIUM MEXICANUM;

EID: 58149459830     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9219-y     Document Type: Article

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