Floristic diversity and distribution pattern of plant communities along altitudinal gradient in sangla valley, northwest himalaya

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Rana, J C ^a   Devi, Usha ^a   Randhawa, S S ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b State Council for Science Technology and Environment   (India)

^c SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BERBERIS; HERB; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DENSITY; POLYGONUM; RANUNCULACEAE; ROSACEAE; SAUSSUREA; SHRUB; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THALICTRUM; TREE; VEGETATION; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INDIA; TREES;

EID: 84908311552     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/264878     Document Type: Article

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