Medicinal plant conservation and management: Distribution of wild and cultivated species in eight countries

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1973-1981

  Aguilar Støen, Mariel ^a,b   Moe, Stein R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agro landscapes; Biodiversity; Conservation; Medicinal plants; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 34249714333     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9125-7     Document Type: Article

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