Ecology and Impacts of the Invasive Species, Lantana camara, in a Social-Ecological System in South India: Perspectives from Local Knowledge

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 931-942

  Sundaram, Bharath ^a,b   Krishnan, Siddhartha ^a   Hiremath, Ankila J ^a   Joseph, Gladwin ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Forest fires; Invasive species; Lantana camara South India; Local knowledge; Soliga

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; KNOWLEDGE;

INDIA;

LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 84870295126     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9532-1     Document Type: Article

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