International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Poor regeneration of Brown Oak (Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.) in high altitudes: A case study from Tungnath, Western Himalaya

Sunil Chandra Joshi
  • Sunil Chandra Joshi
  • Government P. G. College Pithoragraph, India.
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O. Roger Anderson
  • O. Roger Anderson
  • Biology and Paleo Ecology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, U.S.A.
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  •  Received: 19 April 2020
  •  Published: 30 April 2020

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