Quantitative response of vegetation in Glacial Moraine of Central Himalaya

Environmentalist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-247

  Gaur, Udai N ^a   Raturi, G P ^a   Bhatt, A B ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Himalaya; Diversity; Geomorphology; Himalayan glacier; Moraine; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MORAINE; SNOWLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ANAPHALIS TRIPLINERVIS; DANTHONIA; GAULTHERIA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ATROSANGUINEA;

EID: 1842422914     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVR.0000017378.55926.a7     Document Type: Article

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