The biodiversity of Krem Mawkhyrdop of Meghalaya, India, on the verge of extinction

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 904-910

  Biswas, Jayant ^a  

^a National Cave Research and Protection Organization   (India)

Author keywords

Cave collapse; Cavernicoles; Quarrying mining process; Subterranean ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349151249     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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