Paradigm and ecological implication of changing agricultural land-use: A case study from Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Central Himalaya, India

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-557

  Negi, Vikram S ^a   Maikhuri, Rakesh K ^a   Rawat, Lakhpat S ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Cash crop; Forest; Sustainability; Traditional agrodiversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864417529     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-012-2216-x     Document Type: Article

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