Biodiversity values of abandoned teak, Tectona grandis plantations in southern Western Ghats: Is there a need for management intervention?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-148

  Harikrishnan, S ^a   Vasudevan, Karthikeyan ^a   Udhayan, A ^a,b   Mathur, P K ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Tamil Nadu State Forest Department   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forestry; Regeneration; Restoration; Tropical forest; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BOS GAURUS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; TECTONA GRANDIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84860594549     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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