Secondary succession and resource use in tropical fallows: A case study from the coromandel coast of South India

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 649-662

  Kinhal, Vijayalaxmi ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Common property resources; Grazing; India; Pioneer shrubs; Secondary succession; Secondary tree species; Usufruct benefits

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; GRAZING; INDIA; PIONEER SHRUBS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SECONDARY TREE SPECIES; USUFRUCT BENEFITS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FALLOW; GRAZING; RESOURCE USE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66549099009     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.868     Document Type: Article

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