Plants used as ethnoveterinary medicines in Sikkim Himalayas

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 339-356

  Bharati, Kumar Avinash ^a   Sharma, B L ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES   (India)

^b NREC College   (India)

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ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84875223960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.10.0.339-356     Document Type: Article

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