Habitat range of two alpine medicinal plants in a trans-Himalayan dry valley, Central Nepal

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-77

  Shrestha, Bharat Babu ^a   Jha, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Aconitum naviculare; Habitat degradation; Manang; Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora; Nepal; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349141305     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-009-0209-1     Document Type: Article

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