Species diversity and community structure in sal (Shorea robusta) forests of two different rainfall regimes in West Bengal, India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1215-1228

  Kushwaha, Satya Prakash Singh ^a   Nandy, Subrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Rainfall; Sal forest; Species occurrence

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

PAPILIONOIDEAE; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 84859582934     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0264-8     Document Type: Article

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