Faunal diversity during rainy season in reclaimed sodic land of Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-556

  Singh, S K ^a   Srivastava, S P ^b   Tandon, Pankaj ^b   Azad, B S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

^b DAVPG College   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Faunal diversity; Reclamation; Sodic land; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DIVERSITY INDEX; EARTHWORM; LAND RECLAMATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SODIC SOIL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; INDIA; INSECT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RICE; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67749137358     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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