Conservation prioritization of habitats and forest communities in the Lahaul valley of proposed cold Desert biosphere reserve, North Western Himalaya, India

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-117

  Singh, A ^a   Samant, S S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Community; Composition; Conservation; Habitat; Prioritization; Structure

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; ACER; ACER CAPPADOCICUM; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS XANTHOXYLOIDES; PICEA; PICEA SMITHIANA; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 77954153056     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0802_101117     Document Type: Article

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