Impact of invasion by Prosopis juliflora on plant communities in arid grazing lands

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-46

  Kumar, Suresh ^a   Mathur, Manish ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LAND USE; LEGUME; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WEED;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84884407816     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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