Biodiversity research trends and gap analysis from a transboundary landscape, Eastern Himalayas

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Kandel, Pratikshya ^a   Gurung, Janita ^a   Chettri, Nakul ^a   Ning, Wu ^a   Sharma, Eklabya ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Kangchenjunga landscape; knowledge gaps; regional cooperation; research trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964076656     PISSN: 2287884X     EISSN: 22879544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2015.11.002     Document Type: Review

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