Taxonomic and biogeographic patterns in the native and alien woody flora of Kashmir Himalaya, India

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-696

  Khuroo, Anzar A ^a   Weber, Ewald ^b   Malik, Akhtar H ^a   Dar, G H ^a   Reshi, Zafar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; WOODY PLANT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR;

EID: 78650504804     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: 17561051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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