Diversity, endemism and economic potential of wild edible plants of Indian Himalaya

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-191

  Samant, S S ^a   Dhar, U ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Endemism; Himalaya; Native communities; Potential

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD RESOURCE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PLANT FOODS;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031419758     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509709469953     Document Type: Article

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