Regeneration of juvenile woody plants after fire in a seasonally dry tropical Forest of Southern India

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 330-338

  Mondal, Nandita ^a   Sukumar, Raman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Mudumalai; Relative growth rate; Seasonal growth; Woody tree species

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

INDIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84928429881     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12219     Document Type: Article

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