Forest structure, diversity and soil properties in a dry tropical forest in Rajasthan, Western India

Annals of Forest Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Nirmal Kumar, J I ^a   Patel, K ^a   Kumar, R N ^b   Kumar Bhoi, R ^a  

^a Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research   (India)

^b Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity index; Dry tropical forest; Soil nutrient; Soil vegetation relation; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 79952774784     PISSN: 18448135     EISSN: 20652445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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