Sustainable utilization and conservation of plant biodiversity in montane ecosystems: the western Himalayas as a case study

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-501

  Khan, Shujaul Mulk ^a,b   Page, Sue E ^a   Ahmad, Habib ^b   Harper, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; conservation; ecosystem services; montane ecosystems; plant biodiversity; sustainable utilisation; western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; MONTANE ECOSYSTEMS; PLANT; PLANT BIODIVERSITY; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION; WESTERN HIMALAYAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MONTANE ECOSYSTEMS; PLANT BIODIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION; WESTERN HIMALAYAS;

ALTITUDE; ASIA, WESTERN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84880895834     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct125     Document Type: Review

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