Conservation assessment of Hindu-Kush Mountain Region of Pakistan: A case study of Utror and Gabral Valleys, District Swat, Pakistan

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-732

  Hamayun, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Sumera Afzal ^b   Lee, In Jung ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Conservation status scale; Hindu Kush Himalayas; Swat; Utror and Gabral

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS; BERBERIS; BERBERIS VULGARIS; BISTORTA AMPLEXICAULE; BUNIUM PERSICUM; CALTHA; COLCHICUM; COLCHICUM LUTEUM; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA DELTOIDEA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; PODOPHYLLUM; POLYGONATUM; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; VALERIANA; VIOLA BIFLORA; VIOLA CANESCENS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 33748851472     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2006.725.732     Document Type: Article

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