Some ethnoecological aspects of the plants of qalagai hills, kabal valley, swat, pakistan

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 801-810

  Ilyas, Mohammad ^a   Qureshi, Rahmatullah ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^b   Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Mirza, Sarwat N ^a   Zia Ul Haq, ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c GPG Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ethnoecological aspects; Pakistan; Qalagai hills; Swat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886236142     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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