Tree population and above-ground biomass changes in two disturbed tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-258

  Mani, S ^a,b   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Basal area; Peninsular India; Tree population changes; Tropical dry evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

MEMECYLON UMBELLATUM;

EID: 67849101180     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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