Evaluation of ecological aspects of roadside vegetation around havalian city using multivariate techniques

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Ahmed, Sheikh Saeed ^a   Fazal, Saima ^a   Valeem, Ehsan Elahi ^b   Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^c   Sarwar, Ghulam ^b   Iqbal, Zafar ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

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