Spatio-temporal changes in fringe mangrove extent in Pondicherry, India after two phenomenal perturbations: Tsunami and cyclone Thane

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 361-368

  Ayyappan, N ^a   Stephen, A ^a,d   Muthusankar, G ^a   Jeyakumar, S ^a,b   Presena, J ^c  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b VHNSN COLLEGE   (India)

^c Pondicherry University   (India)

^d VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Avicennia; Disturbance; Dynamics; Monodominance; Recovery; Tree density; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CYCLONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FOREST DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANGROVE; PERTURBATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION COVER;

INDIA; PUDUCHERRY;

AVICENNIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84949254965     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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