Assessment of fuel resource diversity and utilization patterns in Askot Wildlife Sanctuary in Kumaun Himalaya, India, for conservation and management

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-13

  Samant, Sher S ^a   Dhar, Uppeandra ^a   Rawal, Ranbeer S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communities; Conservation; Diversity; Preference; Probability

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

FUEL; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE USE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; HIGHER PLANT; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; TREE;

INDIA;

ALNUS NEPALENSIS; BAUHINIA VAHLII; ENGELHARDTIA SPICATA; LYONIA OVALIFOLIA; MACARANGA PUSTULATA; MAESA INDICA; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS; PHOEBE LANCEOLATA; PINUS ROXBURGHII; PYRACANTHA CRENULATA; QUERCUS LANUGINOSA; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINII; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 0034105965     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892900000023     Document Type: Article

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