Demographic variation and population viability in a threatened Himalayan medicinal and aromatic herb Nardostachys grandiflora: Matrix modelling of harvesting effects in two contrasting habitats

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Ghimire, Suresh Kumar ^a,b   Gimenez, Olivier ^b   Pradel, Roger ^b   McKey, Doyle ^b   Aumeeruddy Thomas, Yildiz ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation ecology; Ethnoecology; Himalaya; Medicinal plant conservation; Nepal; NTFP; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; OUTCROP; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

NARDOSTACHYS; NARDOSTACHYS GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 38349120412     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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