Ecology of Neopicrorrhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong, growing under different land uses in a trans-Himalayan dry valley of central Nepal

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Shrestha, Bharat Babu ^a   Jha, Pramod Kumar ^a   Gewali, Mohan Bikram ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen ratio; Fruit abortion; Leaf and soil nitrogen; Leaf mass; Leaf N resorption; Population variation; Ramet density; Upper Manang

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; HERB; LAND USE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC SOIL; PASTURE; RAMET; RESORPTION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; HIMALAYAS; MANANG; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41149171626     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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