Implications of location specific data and their usefulness in conservation planning: An example from Indian Himalayan Region (IHR)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1273-1286

  Mahar, Gayatri ^a   Dhar, U ^a   Rawal, R S ^a   Bhatt, I D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Endemism; Indian Himalaya Region; Temperate

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; ENDEMISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349156669     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9450-0     Document Type: Article

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