Floristic composition and plant utilization pattern in homegardens of Upper Assam, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-118

  Saikia, P ^a,c   Choudhury, B I ^b   Khan, M L ^a,d  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cash crop; Homegarden macrostructure; Shannon Wiener Diversity Index; Stratification

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLORISTICS; GENE FLOW; GRASS; HOME GARDEN; INBREEDING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

ASSAM; INDIA; JORHAT;

AQUILARIA MALACCENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 80054096440     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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