Residual value analyses of the medicinal flora of the western Himalayas: The Naran valley, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue Special Issue, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Khan, Shujaul Mulk ^a   Harper, David ^a   Page, Sue ^a   Ahmad, Habib ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geography University of Leicester ^*  (Pakistan)

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EID: 84864130245     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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