A floristic study on herbs and climbing plants at Puducherry, South India: An approach to biodiversity conservation and regeneration through eco-restoration

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Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-600

  Ponnuchamy, Raja ^a,b   Pragasam, Arunachalam ^b   Aravajy, Soupramanien ^a   Patel, Prakash ^c   Das, Lipi ^c   Anupama, Krishnamurthy ^a  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies   (India)

^c Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education   (India)

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EID: 84879803109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1809127X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15560/9.3.555     Document Type: Article

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