Phytosociological observations on tree species diversity of Andaman Islands, India

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 799-806

  Padalia, Hitendra ^a   Chauhan, Nidhi ^a   Porwal, M C ^a   Roy, P S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

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