The relationship between area, and vegetation structure and diversity in montane forest (shola) patches in southern India

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Mohandass, Dharmalingam ^a   Davidar, Priya ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ecotone; India; Nestedness; Nilgiris; Plant succession; Tropical montane forests; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958036177     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.492843     Document Type: Article

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