Effect of disturbance, habitat fragmentation and alien invasive plants on floral diversity in dry tropical forests of Vindhyan highland: A review

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-69

  Raghubanshi, A S ^a   Tripathi, Anshuman ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Diversity; Forest fragmentation; Lantana invasion; Plant communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYA RANGE;

ACACIA; HARDWICKIA; LANNEA; LANTANA; SHOREA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 61849183049     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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