Landscape-level tree diversity assessment in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 728-737

  Arul Pragasan, L ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eastern Ghats; Species rarity; Stand structure; Tree diversity; Tropical hill forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HILL; LANDSCAPE; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA; PACHAIMALAI HILLS; SHERVARAYAN HILLS; TAMIL NADU;

ALBIZIA; CANTHIUM DICOCCUM; CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ANTIQUORUM; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MEMECYLON EDULE; NOTHOPEGIA HEYNEANA;

EID: 78049438661     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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