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Schnitzer SA, Bongers F (2002) The ecology of lianas and their role in forests. Trend Ecol Evol
17:223–230
Schnitzer SA, Parren MPE, Bongers F (2004) Recruitment of lianas into logging gaps and the effects
of pre-harvest climber cutting in a lowland forest in Cameroon. For Ecol Manag 190:87–98
Sharma GP, Raghubanshi AS (2010) Lantana camara L. invasion and impact on herb layer diversity
and soil properties in a dry deciduous forest of India. Appl Ecol Environ Res 9(3):253–264
Singh KP, Singh JS (1988) Certain structural and functional aspects of dry tropical forests and
savanna. Int J Ecol Environ Sci 14:31–45
Singh JS, Singh SP, Saxena AK, Ravat YS (1981) The forest vegetation of Silent Valley. In: Chadwick AC, Sutton SL (eds) Tropical rain-forest: the Leeds symposium. Leeds Philosophical and
Literary Society, USA. ISBN-13: 9780950192130
Singh V, Gupta SR, Singh N (2014) Vegetation composition, species diversity and soil carbon
storage in tropical dry deciduous forests of southern Haryana. Indian J Sci 7(18):28–39
Slik JWF, Aiba SI, Brearley FQ, Cannon CH, Forshed O, Kitayama K, Nagamasu H, Nilus R, Payne
J, Paoli G, Poulsen AD, Raes N, Sheil D, Sidiyasa K, Suzuki E, van Valkenburg JLCH (2010)
Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density
gradients in Borneo’s tropical forests. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 19:50–60
Sundarapandian SM (1997) Ecological studies on forest ecosystems at Kodayar in Western Ghats
of Tamil Nadu. PhD thesis submitted to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, p 133
Sundarapandian SM, Karoor PJ (2013) Edge effects on plant diversity in tropical forest ecosystems
at Periyar Wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats of India. J For Res 24(3):403–418
Sundarapandian SM, Swamy PS (2000) Forest ecosystem structure and composition along an
altitudinal gradient in the Western Ghats, South India. J Trop For Sci 12:104–123
Sundarapandian SM, Naveenkumar J, Arunkumar KS (2015) Tree diversity in tropical forest in the
Jvadihills in the Eastern Ghats, India. J Glob Ecol Environ 3(4):272–288
Swaine MD, Lieberman D, Putz FE (1987) The dynamics of tree populations in tropical forest: a
review. J Trop Ecol 3:359–366
Swamy PS, Sundarapandian SM, Chandrasekar P, Chandrasekaran S (2000) Plant species diversity
and tree population structure of a humid tropical forest in Tamil Nadu, India. Biodivers Conserv
9:1643–1669
Thakur AS (2015) Floristic composition, life-forms and biological spectrum of tropical dry
deciduous forest in Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Trop Plant Res 2(2):112–119
Villasenor JL, Maeda P, Rosell JA, Ortiz E (2007) Plant families as predictors of plant biodiversity
in Mexico. Divers Distrib J 13(6):871–876
Whitmore TC, Burslem DFR (1996) Major disturbances in tropical rainforests. In: Newberg DM,
Prins HHT, Brown ND (eds) Dynamics of tropical communities. Blackwell Science, UK, pp
549–565
Whitford PB (1949) Distributions of woodland plants in relation to succession and clonal growth.
Ecology 30:199–208
D. S. Gandhi and S. Sundarapandian
Schnitzer SA, Bongers F (2002) The ecology of lianas and their role in forests. Trend Ecol Evol
17:223–230
Schnitzer SA, Parren MPE, Bongers F (2004) Recruitment of lianas into logging gaps and the effects
of pre-harvest climber cutting in a lowland forest in Cameroon. For Ecol Manag 190:87–98
Sharma GP, Raghubanshi AS (2010) Lantana camara L. invasion and impact on herb layer diversity
and soil properties in a dry deciduous forest of India. Appl Ecol Environ Res 9(3):253–264
Singh KP, Singh JS (1988) Certain structural and functional aspects of dry tropical forests and
savanna. Int J Ecol Environ Sci 14:31–45
Singh JS, Singh SP, Saxena AK, Ravat YS (1981) The forest vegetation of Silent Valley. In: Chadwick AC, Sutton SL (eds) Tropical rain-forest: the Leeds symposium. Leeds Philosophical and
Literary Society, USA. ISBN-13: 9780950192130
Singh V, Gupta SR, Singh N (2014) Vegetation composition, species diversity and soil carbon
storage in tropical dry deciduous forests of southern Haryana. Indian J Sci 7(18):28–39
Slik JWF, Aiba SI, Brearley FQ, Cannon CH, Forshed O, Kitayama K, Nagamasu H, Nilus R, Payne
J, Paoli G, Poulsen AD, Raes N, Sheil D, Sidiyasa K, Suzuki E, van Valkenburg JLCH (2010)
Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density
gradients in Borneo’s tropical forests. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 19:50–60
Sundarapandian SM (1997) Ecological studies on forest ecosystems at Kodayar in Western Ghats
of Tamil Nadu. PhD thesis submitted to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, p 133
Sundarapandian SM, Karoor PJ (2013) Edge effects on plant diversity in tropical forest ecosystems
at Periyar Wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats of India. J For Res 24(3):403–418
Sundarapandian SM, Swamy PS (2000) Forest ecosystem structure and composition along an
altitudinal gradient in the Western Ghats, South India. J Trop For Sci 12:104–123
Sundarapandian SM, Naveenkumar J, Arunkumar KS (2015) Tree diversity in tropical forest in the
Jvadihills in the Eastern Ghats, India. J Glob Ecol Environ 3(4):272–288
Swaine MD, Lieberman D, Putz FE (1987) The dynamics of tree populations in tropical forest: a
review. J Trop Ecol 3:359–366
Swamy PS, Sundarapandian SM, Chandrasekar P, Chandrasekaran S (2000) Plant species diversity
and tree population structure of a humid tropical forest in Tamil Nadu, India. Biodivers Conserv
9:1643–1669
Thakur AS (2015) Floristic composition, life-forms and biological spectrum of tropical dry
deciduous forest in Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Trop Plant Res 2(2):112–119
Villasenor JL, Maeda P, Rosell JA, Ortiz E (2007) Plant families as predictors of plant biodiversity
in Mexico. Divers Distrib J 13(6):871–876
Whitmore TC, Burslem DFR (1996) Major disturbances in tropical rainforests. In: Newberg DM,
Prins HHT, Brown ND (eds) Dynamics of tropical communities. Blackwell Science, UK, pp
549–565
Whitford PB (1949) Distributions of woodland plants in relation to succession and clonal growth.
Ecology 30:199–208