Tropical forest structure and diversity in relation to altitude and disturbance in a Biosphere Reserve in central India

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-470

  Sahu, P K ^a   Sagar, R ^b   Singh, J S ^a,b  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Basal area; Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling; Seasonally dry tropical forest; Shorea robusta; Species richness; Vegetation continuum

Indexed keywords

SHOREA; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 65249094278     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18537     Document Type: Article

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