An ethnobotanical note on fuel wood and timber plant species of Siran Valley, Pakistan

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Sha, Ghulam Mujtaba ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Hussain, Manzoor ^a   Jamal, Zafar ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Fuel wood; Timber species and Siran Valley Pakistan

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ARTICLE; CEDRUS; ETHNOBOTANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OAK; PAKISTAN; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXUS; WOOD;

CEDRUS DEODARA; QUERCUS INCANA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 34250798500     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.349.353     Document Type: Article

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