Changing crop biodiversity and resource use efficiency of traditional versus introduced crops in the cold desert of the northwestern Indian Himalaya: A case of the Lahaul valley

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1271-1304

  Kuniyal, Jagdish C ^a   Vishvakarma, Subhash C R ^a   Singh, Gopal S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crop biodiversity; Crop rotations; Energy and monetary efficiency; Himalaya; Introduced cash crops; Landlocked cold desert; Traditional crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CASH CROPPING; CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ASTERACEAE; HUMULUS; HUMULUS LUPULUS; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2142765534     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000019404.48445.27     Document Type: Article

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