Floristic composition and practices on the selected sacred groves of Pallapatty village (reserved forest), Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-162

  Ganesan, S ^a   Ponnuchamy, M ^a   Kesavan, L ^a   Selvaraj, A ^a  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnobotany; Floristic composition; Sacred groves; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149348367     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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