How Lantana invades dry deciduous forest: A case study from Vindhyan highlands, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 305-316

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

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dry deciduous forest; Habitat fragmentation; Lantana camara; Plant invasions; Vindhyans

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; VINDHYA RANGE;

LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 77953937176     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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