Biodiversity status, distribution and use pattern of some ethno-medicinal plants

International Journal of Conservation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-318

  Kumari, Priti ^a,b   Joshi, Girish Chandra ^a   Tewari, Lalit Mohan ^b  

^a CCRAS   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethno medicine; Threat categorization; Use pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871368265     PISSN: 2067533X     EISSN: 20678223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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