Economically and ecologically important plant communities in high altitude coniferous forest of Malam Jabba, Swat, Pakistan

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Sher, Hassan ^a   Alyemeni, Mohammad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; Ethnobotany and local people; Plant communities; Resource management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 78649849856     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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