Species diversity and population status of threatened plants in different landscape elements of the Rohtang Pass, western Himalaya

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Singh, K N ^a   Gopichand, ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Lal, Brij ^a   Todaria, N P ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Landscape; Rohtang Pass; Species diversity; Threatened plant; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849088865     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-008-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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