Current status, distribution and conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Central Himalayas, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1733-1738

  Semwal, D P ^a   Pardha Saradhi, P ^a   Nautiyal, B P ^b   Bhatt, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b High Altitude Plant Physiol Res C   (India)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density; Diversity; Habitat types

Indexed keywords

PICRORHIZA KURROOA; SWERTIA;

EID: 34447333372     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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