A quantitative assessment of indigenous plant uses among two Chepang communities in the central mid-hills of Nepal

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 395-404

  Rijal, Arun ^a  

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EID: 72649098104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.395-404     Document Type: Article

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