Anthropogenic pressure on the western Himalayan moist temperate forests of Bagh, Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 695-703

  Shaheen, Hamayun ^a   Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem ^a   Ullah, Zahid ^a   Ahmad, Tahira ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 79952231938     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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