An evaluation of flora from coastal sand dunes of India: Rationale for conservation and management

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Rodrigues, Rouchelle S ^a   Mascarenhas, Antonio ^a   Jagtap, Tanaji G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; COASTAL DUNE; COASTAL SAND DUNES; COASTAL VEGETATION; CONSERVATION POLICY; EAST COAST; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; KEY COMPONENT; LONG TERM; NON-METRIC MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; SAND DUNES; SAND-DUNE FLORA; WEST COAST;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SAND; VEGETATION;

COASTAL ZONES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOZONATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; FLORISTICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

ALGERIA; IN ECKER; TAMANGHASSET;

FABACEAE;

EID: 78650734619     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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