Mistletoes of the Annapurna Conservation Area, Central Nepal Himalayas

Journal of Japanese Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Devkota, Mohan P ^a   Glatzel, Gerhard ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distribution; Himalayas; Host trees; Loranthaceae; Viscaceae

Indexed keywords

DICAEUM IGNIPECTUS; LORANTHACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SANTALACEAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 15844417609     PISSN: 00222062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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