Root and Soil Biology Laboratory;
Department of Botany;
Bharathiar University;
Coimbatore;
Taminadu 641046;
India;
Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science(T.E.S.S.);
College of Science and Engineering;
James Cook University;
Cairns;
QLD 4870;
Australia;
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences;
Pondicherry University;
Kalapet;
Pondicherry 605014;
India;
Dispersal; mode; Forest; fragments; Shadetolerance; Species–area; relationships; Western; Ghats;