Local perceptions of grassland change and priorities for conservation of natural resources of Banni, Gujarat, India

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-556

  Joshi, P N ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Koladiya, M ^a   Patel, Y S ^a   Karthik, T ^a  

^a Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

Arid areas; Conservation; Grassland; India; Kachchh; Natural resource; Overgrazing; Pastoralist

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA SUBSP. INDICA; ANIMALIA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CHLORIS BARBATA; CORDIA; CORDIA DICHOTOMA; DICHANTHIUM ANNULATUM; MANGIFERA; PITHECELLOBIUM DULCE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; PTYAS MUCOSUS; SALVADORA PERSICA; SPOROBOLUS INDICUS MAJOR;

EID: 76149088083     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-009-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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