Structure and function of herbaceous vegetation in high mountains of central Himalaya

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Garkoti, S C ^a   Singh, S P ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Close canopy forests; High altitude; Nutrient use efficiency; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031435176     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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