Setting priorities for conservation of medicinal plants - A case study in the Indian Himalaya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Dhar, Uppeandra ^a   Rawal, Ranbeer S ^a   Upreti, Jyoti ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Indian Himalaya Region; Medicinal plants; Sensitivity index (SI); Use value index (UVI)

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; MEDICINAL PLANT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034089909     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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