Composition and vegetational diversity in an alpine grassland in the Garhwal Himalayas

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-141

  Raizada, A ^a,b   Joshi, S P ^b   Srivastava, M M ^b  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^b D A V COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alpine grasslands; Communities; Diversity; Grazing; Himalayas; Protection

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA;

CAREX NUBIGENA; DANTHONIA CACHMERIANA; SAXIFRAGA ANDROSACEA; TRACHYDIUM ROYLEI;

EID: 0032321690     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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