Medicinal plant abundance in degraded and reforested sites in Northwest Pakistan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Adnan, Muhammad ^a   Hlscher, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Degraded land; Livelihoods; Medicinal plants; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Pakistan; Planted forest; Tree basal area

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FODDER; FOREST RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REFORESTATION; RURAL POPULATION;

PAKISTAN;

ANIMALIA; BERGENIA CILIATA; CILIOPHORA; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; VALERIANA; VALERIANA JATAMANSI;

EID: 77649253928     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00017.1     Document Type: Article

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