Exploring Agrobiodiversity on Farm: A Case from Middle-Hills of Nepal

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-629

  Baul, Tarit Kumar ^a   Tiwari, Krishna Raj ^b   Atique Ullah, K M ^c   McDonald, Morag A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Forestry   (Nepal)

^c Pubali Bank Limited   (Bangladesh)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity index; Farm category; Forestry; Hill farming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FODDER; FRUIT; HILL FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; WATERSHED;

BAGMATI; NEPAL; POKHARE KHOLA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; FICUS HISPIDA; FICUS SEMICORDATA; GALLUS GALLUS; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

EID: 84888051739     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-012-9234-y     Document Type: Article

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