Conservation status of forests and wildlife in the Eastern Ghats, India

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Rawat, Gopal S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo harvest; Biodiversity conservations; Eastern Ghats; Livestock grazing; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; INDIA; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0031438426     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000416     Document Type: Article

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