Diversity and population characteristics of woody species in natural forests and arecanut agroforests of south Meghalaya, Northeast India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-252

  Tynsong, H ^a   Tiwari, B K ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Basal area; Ecological importance; Population structure; Species richness; Sub tropical evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONOCOTYLEDON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

INDIA; MEGHALAYA;

ARECACEAE; CARYOTA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FAGACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MORACEAE; PINACEAE;

EID: 79959495113     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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