Vegetation types of Sheosar lake and surrounding landscape in Deosai plains of North Pakistan, Western Himalayas

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-603

  Shaheen, Hamayun ^a   Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deosai plains; Deterrended correspondence analyses; Himalayas; Sheosar Lake; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISTORTA; CLIMATE; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ERAGROSTIS; GERANIUM; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAXIFRAGA; SIBBALDIA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BISTORTA; CAREX; ERAGROSTIS; SAXIFRAGA; SIBBALDIA;

EID: 79953684866     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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