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

Pattern of litter fall and litter decomposition in a Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus forest in Kumaun Himalaya

Sanjay Kumar
  • Sanjay Kumar
  • Department of Botany, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263002, India.
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Lalit M. Tewari
  • Lalit M. Tewari
  • Department of Botany, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263002, India.
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  •  Accepted: 15 October 2013
  •  Published: 31 January 2014

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