Tropical ecology: An overview

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-21

  Singh, S P ^a,b   Sharma, C M ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHEA   (India)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Climate change; Conservation issues; Eco footprints; Forest degradation; Himalaya Gangetic system; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONIA; ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 61849113274     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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