Prioritization of habitats and communities for conservation in the Indian Himalayan region: A state-of-the-art approach from Manali Wildlife Sanctuary

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-335

  Rana, Man S ^a   Samant, S S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communities; Conservation priority index; Habitat degradation; Protected area network

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; BETULA UTILIS; CAREX; CAREX NUBIGENA; CASSIOPE FASTIGIATA; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; PICEA; PICEA SMITHIANA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON; RHODODENDRON CAMPANULATUM; RHODODENDRON LEPIDOTUM;

EID: 71849115102     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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