Contribution to the red List of pakistan: A case study of the narrow endemic Silene longisepala (Caryophyllaceae)

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Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 522-527

  Ali, Haidar ^a   Qaiser, M ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Federal Urdu University of Art Science and Technology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Chitral; conservation status; Endangered; narrow endemic; Pakistan; Red List; Silene longisepala

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; FIELDWORK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIVATE LAND; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL EROSION;

CHITRAL; KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE;

EID: 80955122879     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060531000102X     Document Type: Article

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