Species composition and forest structure in tropical moist deciduous forest of bangladesh—a case study in thakurgaon

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1315-1321

  Zaman, Sourovi ^a   Siddiquee, Salah Uddin ^a   Katoh, Masato ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance; Importance value index; Species diversity; Structure

Indexed keywords

MELIACEAE; MYRTACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84922684777     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0235-x     Document Type: Article

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