Acridids as indicators of disturbance in dry deciduous forest of West Bengal in India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2343-2350

  Saha, Hiroj Kumar ^a   Haldar, Parimalendu ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acridids; Deciduous forest; Disturbance; Diversity; Equitability; Indicator

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LOCUST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

ACRIDIDAE;

EID: 70350621085     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9591-9     Document Type: Article

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