Rhododendrons conservation in the Sikkim Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 602-606

  Singh, K K ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Rai, L K ^a   Krishna, A P ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 4444320777     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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