Local preferences of ethnobotanical species in the Indian Himalaya: Implications for environmental conservation

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1828-1834

  Kala, Chandra Prakash ^a  

^a Chandralok Building   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Ethnobotanical species; Local preferences

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38149056328     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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