Plant diversity patterns and conservation status of eastern Himalayan forests in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India

Elsevier BV - Tập 4 Số 1 - 2017
Purabi Saikia1, Jyotishman Deka2, Sanjeeb Bharali3, Amit Kumar1, Om Prakash Tripathi4, Lal Bihari Singha4, Selvadurai Dayanandan5, M. L. Khan6
1School of Natural Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835205, India
2Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), 9th Mile, G.S Road, Ribhoi, Baridua, Meghalaya, 793101, India
3Rubber Board of India, Regional Office, Dimapur, Nagaland, 797112, India
4Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (Deemed University), Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 791109, India
5Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Biology Department, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St, Quebec, West, Montreal, H4B 1R6, Canada
6Department of Botany, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 470003, India

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