Plant diversity in sacred forest fragments of Western Ghats: A comparative study of four life forms

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-250

  Page, Navendu V ^a,c   Qureshi, Qamar ^a   Rawat, Gopal S ^a   Kushalappa, Cheppudira G ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b University of Agricultural Sciences College of Forestry   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Life form; Nestedness; Richness; Species area; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NESTEDNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 75949103367     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9638-8     Document Type: Article

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