Species diversity and vegetation structure across various strata in natural and plantation forests in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, north India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-200

  Tripathi, K P ^a   Singh, Bajrang ^b  

^a DIBNS   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal area; Concentration of dominance; Heterogeneity; Population density; Shannon Wiener's index; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; HETEROGENEITY; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KATERNIAGHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 61849087864     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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