Species diversity contributes to productivity - Evidence from natural grassland communities of the Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 548-552

  Singh, Surendra Pratap ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a   Tyagi, Vidit ^a   Jina, Bhupendra Singh ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem; Grassland; Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944433762     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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