The effects of environmental variables and human disturbance on woody species richness and diversity in a bamboo-deciduous forest in northeastern Thailand

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Larpkern, Panadda ^a   Moe, Stein R ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bamboo deciduous forest; Human disturbance; Species diversity; Thailand; Woody species

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAMBOO; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

BAMBUSA;

EID: 62349138853     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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