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NeBIO
Volume 1 Number 1 April 2010
Effects of methanolic root extract of Careya arborea Roxb. on ovarian histology of albino mice.
A. K. Haloi, E. Kalita and J. C. Kalita ____________________________________ 14-17
Present scenario of solid waste with special reference to plastic and other non-biodegradable solid waste
and its management for the sustainable urban poor development in Guwahati city, Assam, India
Amarjyoti Kashyap, Jatin Kalita, Sarbeswar Kalita and Kripaljyoti Mazumdar ____ 18-26
Biodiversity conservation and natural resources in North East India - with special reference to Manipur
E. Jayantakumar Singh, N. K. Sharat Singh and N. Rajmuhon Singh ____________ 42-47
Predation by White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis on Common Wolf Snake Lycodon aulicus
(Linnaeus).
Rakesh Soud, Kripaljyoti Mazumdar and Abhik Gupta _______________________ 53-54
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