On the relationships among diversity, productivity and climate from an Indian tropical ecosystem: A preliminary investigation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1177-1197

  Chitale, V S ^a   Tripathi, P ^a   Behera, M D ^a   Behera, Soumit K ^b   Tuli, R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Natural and managed ecosystem; NDMI; Sal; Teak; Terai

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MIXED FOREST; MOISTURE FLUX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIA; TARAI;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 84859590333     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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