Plant invasions along roads: A case study from central highlands, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Sharma, Gyan P ^a,b   Raghubanshi, A S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Diversity; India; Non native; Road use

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIVERSITY; INDIA; NON-NATIVE; ROAD-USE;

FORESTRY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIA; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAFFIC;

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; PLANTS; TRANSPORTATION; URBANIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; ROADS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349235873     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0527-8     Document Type: Article

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