Relating plant diversity to biomass and soil erosion in a cultivated landscape of the eastern seaboard region of Thailand

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 606-617

  Shrestha, Rajendra P ^a   Schmidt Vogt, Dietrich ^b   Gnanavelrajah, Nalina ^c  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agricultural land uses; Biomass; Erosion; Plant diversity; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; DIVERSITY INDEX; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

THAILAND;

ANANAS COMOSUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 77956650486     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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