Ecology and economics of domestication of non-timber forest products: An illustration of broomgrass in Darjeeling Himalaya

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 171-191

  Shankar, Uma ^a   Lama, S D ^b   Bawa, K S ^c  

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

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amliso; Biodiversity; Broomstick; Darjeeling; Domestication; Himalaya; India; Non timber forest products; Thysanolaena maxima

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034769107     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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