Botanical composition and multivariate analysis of vegetation on the Pothowar Plateau, Pakistan

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 557-568

  Dasti, Altaf A ^a   Saima, Shehzadi ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^b   Attiq ur Rahman, ^a   Malik, Saeed A ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Plant communities; Pothowar Plateau; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349018020     PISSN: 19345259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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