Ethno-ecological importance of plant biodiversity in mountain ecosystems with special emphasis on indicator species of a Himalayan Valley in the northern Pakistan

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 37, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 175-185

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

^a HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental gradient; Himalaya; Indicator species; Social perception

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HIMALAYAS; INDICATOR SPECIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PLANT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84890047301     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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