Assigning conservation value and identifying hotspots of endemic rattan diversity in the Western Ghats, India
Rattans, or canes, are one of the most important non-timber forest products supporting the livelihood of many forest-dwelling communities in South and North-eastern India. Due to increased demand for rattan products, rattans have been extracted indiscriminately from the Western Ghats, a 1600-km moun...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2017-10-01
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Series: | Plant Diversity |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265916301688 |