Conservation of Himalayan medicinal plants: Harvesting patterns and ecology of two threatened species, Nardostachys grandiflora DC. and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-475

  Ghimire, Suresh Kumar ^a,b   McKey, Doyle ^a   Aumeeruddy Thomas, Yildiz ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Demography; Ethnoecological knowledge; Harvesting practices; Himalaya; Medicinal plants; NTFP; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MEDICINAL PLANT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARNALI; NEPAL; SHEY PHOKSUNDO NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

NARDOSTACHYS; NARDOSTACHYS GRANDIFLORA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; VALERIANACEAE;

EID: 17644364784     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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