Studies along an altitudinal gradient in Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A.D, forest, district lower dir, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3029-3038

  Khan, Nasrullah ^a   Ahmed, Moinuddin ^a   Wahab, Muhammad ^a   Ajaib, Muhammad ^b   Hussain, Syed Sadruddin ^a  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA MODESTA; FICUS PALMATA; LYTHRACEAE; MONOTHECA BUXIFOLIA; OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. CUSPIDATA; PUNICA GRANATUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 78649810321     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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