Woody plant seedling distribution under invasive Lantana camara thickets in a dry-forest plot in Mudumalai, southern India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-373

  Ramaswami, Geetha ^a   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

50 ha plot; dispersal mode; forest habitat affinities; invasive plant; seasonally dry tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; DRY FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA; MUDUMALAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; TAMIL NADU;

AVES; CALYCINA; LANTANA CAMARA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA;

EID: 79959269526     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000137     Document Type: Article

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