Contemporary human impacts on subalpine and alpine ecosystems of the hinku valley, makalu-barun national park and buffer zone, Nepal

Himalaya

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 25-41

  Byers, Alton C ^a  

^a Mountain Institution   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventure tourism; Alpine; Himalaya; Nepal; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HILLSLOPE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

HINKU VALLEY; KOSI; MAKALU BARUN NATIONAL PARK; NEPAL;

JUNIPERUS; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 84884906190     PISSN: 08914834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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