Indigenous knowledge of Lepcha community for monitoring and conservation of birds

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Acharya, Bhoj Kumar ^a,b   Chettri, Basundhara ^a,b   Vijayan, Lalitha ^c  

^a Sikkim Govt College   (India)

^b SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Dzongu; Himalaya; Indigenous knowledge; Lepcha

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860183019     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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