Medicinal flora and ethnoecological knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Shujaul M ^a   Page, Sue ^b   Ahmad, Habib ^a   Shaheen, Hamayun ^c   Ullah, Zahid ^c   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^c   Harper, David M ^b  

^a HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservationEcosystem servicesMedicinal plants; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872099536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-4     Document Type: Article

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