Elevational reduction of plant species diversity in high altitudes of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-836

  Rawat, D S ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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