Plant diversity in two forest types along the disturbance gradient in Dewalgarh Watershed, Garhwal Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 938-943

  Uniyal, Pooja ^a   Pokhriyal, Prerna ^a   Dasgupta, Sabyasachi ^a   Bhatt, Dinesh ^b   Todaria, N P ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dewalgarh Watershed; Disturbance gradient; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

ANOGEISSUS; QUERCUS LEUCOTRICHOPHORA;

EID: 77953994082     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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