Tree diversity and disturbance of kaan forests: Relics of a community protected climax vegetation in the central Western Ghats

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-131

  Gunaga, Shrikant ^a   Rajeshwari, N ^b   Vasudeva, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Sahyadri Science College   (India)

Author keywords

Central western ghats; Endemic; Kaan forest; Rare endangered and threatened species; Sacred forests

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; SHIMOGA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84866142090     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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