Impact of human pressure on the population structure of Persicaria amplexicaule, Valeriana jatamansi and Viola serpens the naturally growing medicinal plants in Malam Jaba, Swat, Pakistan

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2080-2091

  Alyemeni, Mohammed Naseer ^a   Sher, Hassan ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Collection period; Local people; Management practices; Medicinal plants population

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PERSICARIA AMPLEXICAULE; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VALERIANA JATAMANSI; VIOLA SERPENS;

PERSICARIA; VALERIANA JATAMANSI;

EID: 78650038188     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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