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ID: 61657
Title: Volume and Biomass functions for trees grown under arid conditions in India.
Author: V.P.Tewari.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (1) 23-30 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Volume and biomass equation, Linear and non-linear functions, Model evaluation, Rajasthan, Gujarat.
Abstract: Volume equations are critical starting points to make forest management successful and efficient. Allometric equations for predicting total and merchantable volume play a critical and obvious role in the management of any silvicultural system. The importance of volume equations is indicated by the existence of numerous such equations and the constant search for their improvement. The objective of any volume equation is to provide accurate predictions of volume without local bias over the entire range of diameter are one of the basic building blocks of a forest growth and yield simulation system. In this article, volume equations for Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Dalbergia sissoo and Tecomella undulata planted in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana (IGNP) area of Arid Rajasthan and Acacia nilotica and Eucalyptus hybrid stands in Gujarat state in India are presented. Apart from this, biomass equations for Azadirechta india planted in Gujarat are also reported. The biomass equations for each component were derived independently. The component predictions are not additive which implies that the predicted weight of stem plus branches may not be equal to the sum of the predicted values of stem and branch. The volume and biomass equations are extremely useful in estimating above-ground carbon stock in these species and in preparation of carbon tables. Linear and non-linear equations were used to model the relationship of total volume and/or biomass with dbh, and with dbh and total and total height of the trees, and were compared on the basis of fit and validation statistics. An equation that fits very well to a data set may not necessarily be the best when applied to another data set collected from the same population. The contrasting results, obtained between model fitting and validation, emphasize the need for model validation as an important step in the model construction process.
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Literature cited 1: Avery T.E. and Burkhart H.E. (1994).Forest Measurements. McGraw-Hill, New York, 408p. BiH.and Hamilton F. (1998).Stem volume equations for native tree species in southern New South Wales and Victoria. Australian Forestry, 61: 275-286.
Literature cited 2: Bi H. (1999). Predicting stem volume to any for native tree species in southern New South Wales and Victoria. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 20: 318-331. Bi H. (2000). Trignometric variable-form taper equations for Australian Eucalypts. Forest Science, 30: 1103-1117.

ID: 61656
Title: Forest Carbon stocks, stock changes and implication to forest management in India.
Author: R.D.Jakati
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (1) 18-22 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Climate change, Forest management, Carbon stocks, Forest types.
Abstract: Forest management hitherto focused attention on increasing the woody biomass and conserve biodiversity. However, in the light of climate change and the international negations the forest management needs to be reoriented to enhance the carbon stocks of the ecosystem and also conserve the biodiversity. The inter-relationship of the carbon stock in different pools, their changes with respect to different management treatments under different climate conditions throws open a vast field for research to understand carbon dynamics of the forest ecosystem. Preliminary analysis of the total carbon stock per hectare of different forest types in different canopy densities indicate that the carbon stock change is different forest type. The study of this may have practical forest management significance which is indicated here.
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Literature cited 1: Forest Survey of India.2013.Carbon Stock in India ' s Forests. Lal R. (2005).Forest Ecology and Management, 220 (1-3).
Literature cited 2: Jandi, R., M.Lindner, L.Vesterdal, B.Bauwens, R., Bartiz, F.Hagedorn, D.W.Johnson, K.Minkkinen, and K.A.Byrne.2007.How strongly can forest management influence soil carbon sequestration? Geoderma, 137 (3-4): 253-268. UNFCCC/CP/2010/7/Add.1Para C 70.Decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties, Cancun, 2010.

ID: 61655
Title: Basal Area and diameter increment in long term research sites in tropical forests of India.
Author: S.N.Rai.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (1) 13-17 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Basal area, Diameter increment, Tropical forests, Long term research.
Abstract: Estimates of basal area in long term research sites of tropical forests, basal area increment and pattern of mortality in tropical rain forests (TRF) and rate of diameter growth indifferent forest types is given. Estimates of basal area ranged around 43 m2/ha in tropical rain forests to around30-35 m2/ha in moist deciduous forests and around 13 m2/ha in dry deciduous forests. The rate of basal area increment per year in tropical rain forests for the pioneer species was 5.3 %, canopy species 3.22 %, middle storey species 2.02 % and for under storey species 1.87 %.The overall rate of basal area increment was 2.06 % per year in TRFs of Western Ghats of India. The average rate of diameter increment for species in Western Ghats ranged between 3 to 3.5 mm per year.
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Literature cited 1: FIP (French Institute Pondicherry) (Undated).Some Results on the Diameter Growth of 59 Endemics of the Medium Elevation Wet Evergreen Forests in the Western Ghats: 32. Mathauda G.S. (1955).The contribution and rate of growth of a Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests in South Chanda Division, Madhya Pradesh. Indian Forester, 81: 604-619.
Literature cited 2: Mathauda G.S. (1958). The un-even aged Sal forests of Ram Nagar forest Division, Uttar Pradesh: their constitution, Rat of growth and drain along with empirical yield and stand tables for selection types of Sal crops. Indian Forester, 84:255-269. Rai S.N. (1978).Rate of growth of Dalbergia latifolia and Xylia dolabriformis.Malaysian Forester, 41: 24-253.

ID: 61654
Title: Data sharing in the perspective of Forestry.
Author: Anmol kumar and Richa Dwivedi
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (1) 8-12 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Data sharing, Forestry data, South Asia.
Abstract: In a developing world, data sharing place an important role, in the field of forestry where outcomes are long term, it becomes more important. Government /Public sector organizations where lots of tax payers money is used for generating of data should be more sensitive to the data sharing for scientific research with individuals or other organizations. It is necessary that such data is shared with individual organization who intends to use it for scientific purpose. The present paper describes the various steps including legal acts taken by the Government of India to facilitate data sharing. While in the forestry sector state forest departments, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and Forest Survey of India are having large repositories of forestry data and they should be ready to share it for scientific purpose with others. While sharing data it would be very important to comply intellectual property rights. It will promote transparency, harmonious relations among researchers/organizations and will avoid duplication of efforts.
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Literature cited 1: Copyright Act, (1957).Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education), Government of India, New Delhi. GoI (2005).Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, New Delhi (2005).Right to Information Act, 2005.
Literature cited 2: GoI (2012).Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi (2012).National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), 2012. Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Nagara T.and Tanabe K. (eds) (2006).Guidelines of National Greenhouse gas Inventories.

ID: 61653
Title: Tree Allometric Equations in South Asia
Author: S.Sandeep, M.Sivaram, H.Matieu, B.Luca and G.Rini.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (1) 1-7 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Tree allometric equation, Estimation of volume, Biomass, Carbon stock, South Asia.
Abstract: Estimation of volume, biomass and carbon stocks support several applications from the commercial exploitation of timber to global carbon cycle. Especially in the latter context the estimation of tree biomass with sufficient accuracy is essential to determine annual changes of carbon stored in particular ecosystems. Under the aegis of UN-REDD programme an extensive database on tree allometry in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Srilanka) was prepared by extensive and exhaustive literature collected from the region by institutional visits, bibliography databases and FAO reports. An evaluation of this data on tree allometry in South Asia shows that there exist a total of 4456 equations on volume, biomass, BEF, carbon and other growth variables for 375 species belonging to 96 families and 275 genera. Proportionate allocation of allometric models for different species in the collected documents is not homogenous with commercially important ones capturing more percentage share of equations. Vague description of tree components and output terms reduces the quality of allometric equations developed in the region. Also the geographical distribution of these allometric equations is highly skewed and conscious efforts should be taken to unearth documents on allometry in the neglected life zones.
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Literature cited 1: Baldasso M., Birigazzi L. and Henry M. (2012).Tutorial for Insertion of Volume and Biomass Allometric Equations in the Database (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Universita degli, Universita degli Studi della Tuscia). De K.f., OlschewskiR., Veldkamp E.,BenitezP., Lopez-Ulloa M., Schlichter T. and De U.M. (2005).The ecological and economic potentia of carbon sequestration in forests-examples from South America.Ambio, 34: 224-229.
Literature cited 2: Dixon R.K., Brown S., Solomon R.A., Trexler M.C. and Wisniewski J. (1994).Carbon pools and flux of global forest ecosystems. Science, 263: 185-190. Henry M., Picard N.Trotta C., Manlay R., Valentini R., Bernoux Mand Saint-Andre L. (2011).Estimating tree biomass of Sub-Saharan African forests: a review of available allometric equations. Silva Fennica, 45: 477-569.

ID: 61652
Title: Human-Wildlife conflict: Issues versus mitigation.
Author: Raheel Anwar, Harmeet Singh Saralch and Ashok Kumar.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1305-1314 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Human-wildlife conflict, Driving forces, Consequences, Management.
Abstract: Human-wildlife conflicts have been in existence as long as wild animals and people shared the same landscape and resources. However, in the past two-three decades the conflicts have increased and become a growing concern for wildlife conservation in India. In this review, a study of current scientific literature addressing concerns for human safety and wildlife conservation have been evaluated to put forth the statements about the frequencies and causes of attacks based on findings concerning, existing data on the number of attacks by wild animals in India and information systems documenting causes and consequences of attacks. Research that provides credible information for wildlife management and advice for reducing the level of an encounter with wild animals and to minimize the livelihood of being attacked has also been documented. Need of a appropriate land use planning, public awareness, sustainable management of wildlife habitat, improving rural livelihood, counterbalance of losses with benefits, addressing public grievances, share and care of natural resources by rural communities, enhancing peaceful coexistence, low impact community-based ecotourism, etc could suitably help in resolving the growing concerns of human-wildlife conflict in India.
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Literature cited 1: Akhtar N. and Chauhan N.P.S. (2010). Intolerant attitude of people towards black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and mitigation strategies in Kashmir Valley, India. Tiger Paper, 37 (1): 7-12. Akhtar N., Bargali H.S and Chuhan N.P.S. (2000).Habitat evaluation of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in north Bilaspur forest division, Madhya Pradesh, India.In: Defenders of Wildlife ' s Carnivoures 2000. (Fascione, N., Ridgley, H and Selden, M.Eds.).A Conference on Carnivore conservation in the 21st Century. Denver.
Literature cited 2: Badola D.R. (1997). Economic assessment of human-forest interrelationship in the forest corridor linking the Rajaji and Corbett national parks.ph.D.Thesis, Department of Economics, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India. Banerjee A. (2012).Is wildlife tourism benefiting India protected areas? A survey, Geography & Environmental Studies. Current Issues in Tourism, 15 (3): 211-227.

ID: 61651
Title: Wood Anatomy of the tribe briedelieae (Euphorbiaceae S.L.) reflecting the systematic, ecological and evolutionary aspects.
Author: Prem Prakash Jangid and Sangeeta Gupta.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1296-1304 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Briedelia, Briedelieae, Cleistanthus, Euphorbiaceae, Systematic, Wood anatomy.
Abstract: The present paper provides comprehensive wood anatomical survey of seven Indian species belonging to two genera Briedelieae (Euphorbiaceae s.I.). Wood microstructure of Cleistanthus found heterogeneous in certain extent within tribe. Systematic relationships between Briedelia and Cleistanthus were evaluated. The systematic wood anatomical study did not favour the recent morphological and molecular phylogenetic circumscription of classification of tribe. Cleistanthus showed adaptation to xeric environment and Briedelia showed adaptation to mesic environment. Briedelia contain most of advance wood anatomical features while Cleistanthus had a combination of both advance and primitive wood anatomical features.
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Literature cited 1: Bailey I.W. (1957). The potentialities and limitations of wood anatomy in the study of phylogeny and classification of angiosperms.J.Arnold Arbor.38: 243-254. Baas P., Werker E. and Fahn A. (1983).Some ecological trends in vessel characters.IAWA Bull, n.s., 4: 141-159.
Literature cited 2: Baillon H. (1858).E ' tude ge ' ne ' rale du groupe des Euphorbiace ' es.Victor Masson, Paris, France. Balakrishnana N.P.and Chakrabarty T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India, a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography.500p; Bishen Singh and Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.

ID: 61650
Title: Repellency effect of essentials oils using K & D module against Aedes Aegypti, vector of Dengue and Chikungunya.
Author: Ashish Uniyal, Sachin N.Tikar, ShaktiV.Shukla, Om P. Agrawal, Devanathan Sukumaran and Vijay Veer.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1283-1295 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Essentials oils, Repellent, K & D module, GC/MS, Aedes aegypti
Abstract: Essential oils are natural volatile substances from plants and they are used as protective measure against blood-sucking insects. The objective of the study was to determine the effective repellency of 23 essential oils at various doses against female mosquitoes Aedes aegypti under laboratory conditions using K & D module and to identify chemical constituents of the oils by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS).The results showed that litsea oil exhibited effective mean percentage repellency of 43 %, 86 %, 93 % and 100 % at 0.01, 0.1 %, 1.0 % and 10 % concentration, litsea oil showed 83 % repellency up to 2 hr and the dominant component of litsea oil was identified as Z-citral by GC/MS. The studies indicate that these oils could be used in the preparation of herbal mosquito repellents which are safe to human beings.
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Literature cited 1: Amer A.and Mehlhorn H. (2006).Repellency effect of forty-one essential oil against Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex mosquitoes, parasitology Research, 99:478-490. Angioni A., Barra A., Coroneo V., Dessi S., and Cabra P. (2006).Chemical composition, seasonal variability, and antifungal activity of Lavandula stoechas L. ssp.Srtoechas essential oils from stem/leaves and flowers, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 54: 4364-4370.
Literature cited 2: Anwar F., Ali M., Hussain A.I. and Shahid M. (2009).Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oils and extracts of funnel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill). Seeds from Pakistan, flavor and Fragrance Journal, 24: 170-176. Baser C.H.K. and Buchbauer G. (2010). Hand Book Essentials Oils. Science, Technology and Applications. Raton Florida: CRC Florida: CRC Pres, Boca Raton, New York.

ID: 61649
Title: Eco-friendly preservative treatment of Bamboo
Author: Anshul Chandra
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1278-1282 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Antifungal activity, Nematicidal, Lantana camara, Bamboo.
Abstract: The present study is an exploration of lantana extracts against bamboo decaying fungi. Lantana is a rapidly growing obnoxious weed through it has potential of purposeful utilization. Extracts from Lantana camara leaves have been reported to have antimicrobial, fungicidal, insecticidal and nematicidal activity. Concentration of aerial and root extracts of L.camara were prepared in petroleum ether, acetone, methanol and hot water. Bamboo blocks treated with the highest concentration of L.camara (aerial and root) methanol extract against bamboo degrading white rot fungi Schizophyllum commune and Polyporus arcularis recorded a weight loss of 13.68 %, 9.20 % and 14.64 %, 9.92 % respectively. Methanol root extracts of L.camara proved to be the best treatment.
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Literature cited 1: Alitonou G., Alvessi F., Bocossa I., Ahoussi E., Dangou J. and Sohounhloue D.C.K. (2004).Composition chimique et activites biologiques de I ' huile essentielles de Lantanacamara Linn.Comptes Rendus Chimie.7: 1101-1105. American society for Testing and Materials (1980).Standard method of testing wood preservatives by laboratory soil block cultures. American Society of Testing Material Design (ASTM D).Philadelphia, 1413-1461.
Literature cited 2: Bakshi B.K. (1971).Indian Polyporaceae (On trees and Timbers).Indian Council of Agriculture Research Publication, New Delhi.246p. Begun S., Mohammad B., and Siddiqui S. (1995).Triterpenoids from the aerial parts of Lantana camara.J.Nat.Prod. 58: 1570-1574.

ID: 61648
Title: Floristic Diversity, community characteristics and above biomass of woody species in subtropical forests of ziro valley, Arunachal Pradesh.
Author: Gyati Yam and O.P.Tripathi.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1269-1277 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Above ground biomass, Dominance, Population structure, Species richness, Ziro valley.
Abstract: Present study was conducted during 2011-2012 in subtropical forests for enumeration of floristic diversity, community characteristics and above ground biomass (AGB) analysis. Random sampling approach was adopted. Altogether 97 species were recorded from the sampled area (0.3 ha) and species richness was higher at woody (60 species) layer than other layer of forest. Majority of species showed low frequency followed by later frequency classes. Dominance distribution curve for woody species was log-normal while it was broken-stick model for shrubs and ground species. Majority of species showed clumped spatial distribution pattern. Stand density of woody species was 1607 individual ' s ha-1 and basal cover was 68.07 m2 ha-1.Density-diameter distributions of woody species differed markedly. Lower diameter individuals have contributed maximum of the total stand density however, 55 % of the basal cover was added by intermediate diameter class. Diversity index was recorded highest for woody species and minimum for the shrubs/sapling layer while dominance and evenness index resulted reverse trend. Total AGB and carbon of woody species was 575.05 Mg ha-1 and 287.53Mg C ha-1 respectively. Individuals having diameter <20 cm contributed about 71 % of total stand density while contribution to total AGB was only 23%.Although individuals having > 50 cm were low in the forest but contributed 33% of the total AGB. Distribution of AGB carbon in different population age class followed similar pattern to that of AGB distribution.
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Literature cited 1: Aiba S. and Kitayama K. (1999). Structure, composition and species diversity in an altitude-substrate matrix of rain forest tree communities on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, Plant Ecology, 140:139-157. Archibold W.G. (1995).Ecology of World Vegetation. Chapman and Hall, New York.
Literature cited 2: Armesto J.J., Mitchell J.D. and Vilagran C. (1986).A comparison of spatial patterns of trees in some tropical and temperate forests, Biotropica, 18: 1-11. Auclair A.N. and Goff F.G. (1971).Diversity relations of upland forests in the western Great Lakes area, American Naturalists, 105:499-528.

ID: 61647
Title: Lithostratigraphy of Bar-Mohra Khurd-Raira Khurd area of Pali District, Rajasthan and their relationship with the soil and vegetation.
Author: Beena Tripathi and G.Singh.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1257-1268 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Lithostratigraphy, Delhi Supergroup, Bar conglomerate horizon.
Abstract: The paper deals the study a metasedimentary sequence, overlying schistose formation of Sendra Formation of Delhi Supergroup and the underlying Banded Gneissic Complex of Pre-Delhi age, in Birantiya Khurd-Raira Khurd areas in northwestern Rajasthan. The sequence is important due to its heterogenous lithologic association. It shows by different type of conglomerates imbedded in quartzofeldspathic schist. The process of soil formation by breaking up the rock particles and organic matter from weathering and erosion of subterranean parts are influenced by different biological activity. This sequence has been defined as the ' Bar conglomerate horizon ' in this paper. The soils derived from the parent rocks with sustain different vegetation, depends upon the climatic conditions. Hence, the nutritional status is required to b studied from the point of view of sustenance of flora in the area. There is no clarity, so far, regarding the extract chronology of deformation in the area. At the same time, the lithostratigraphic history of the area also needs a further revision. I n view of the above, the Bar-Mohra Khurd-Raira Khurd area have been studied extensively and results are presented in this paper.
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Literature cited 1: Basavaraja P.K.., Sharma S.D., Badrinath M.S., Sridhara S.and Hareesh G.R. (2007).Prosopis juliflora-An efficient tree species for reclamation of salta affected soil. Karnataka J.Agric.Sci., 20:727-731. Barnhisel R.I. and Rich C.I. (1967).Clay mineral formation different rock types of a weathering boulder conglomerate. Soil Sci.Soc.Amr.Proc. 31: 627-631.
Literature cited 2: Cerda A. (2002).The effect of season and parent material on water erosion on highly erded soils in eastern Spain.J.Arid Environment, 52: 319-327. Deb M.(1992).Lithogeochemistry of Rocks around Rampura-Agucha massive Zinc sulphide ore-body, NW India-Implications for evolution of Proterozoic ?Aulacogen?.In: Metallogeny related to tectonics of the Proterozoic mobile belts (Sarkar, S.C. ed.).Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, 1-36.

ID: 61646
Title: Phytosociological status under pink dedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius wight and Arn.) plantations in Himachal Pradesh.
Author: Suresh Kumar, N.K.Gupta, P.K.Mahajan and Deep Shikha.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1252-1256 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, Spacing, Phytosociology.
Abstract: The present study was carried out at four sites. The spacing of site-I was 1.5m x 1.5m; site-II: 1.0 m x 3.5 m; site-III: 3.0m x 3.0 m and site-IV: 4.0 m x 4.0 m at Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The maximum species diversity and basal area (BA) of grasses and herbs (56.65 cm2/m2) was at site-I having lowest plant spacing, with least basal area (BA) of shrub and woody regeneration (1.16 cm2/m2). Lantana camara and Murraya koenigii showed there presence at all the sites among shrubs, having dominance of Lantana camara at sites-1, -III and -IV. Apluda mutica, Chloris gayana and Chrysopogon montanus were present in all the sites among different grasses and herbs, however, Apluda mutica, showed dominance at site-I and -III, while, Chrysopogon montanus dominated at site-II and -IV. Bidens pilosa dominated at site-I and -IV, while Erigeron annus was present at site-II and -III among herbs. Maximum similarity (60.00 %) between site-I and -IV was observed for grasses and herbs, however, for shrubs and woody regeneration, it (80.00 %) was observed between 3.0 m x 3.0 m (site-III) and 4.0 m x 4.0m (site-IV) spacing.
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Literature cited 1: Curttis J.T. and Cottam G. (1956).Plant Ecology and Work Book: laboratory, field and reference manual. Burgees Publishing CO., Minnesota.193p. Das A.P.and Lahiri A.K. (1997).Phytosociological studies of the ground flora in different types of vegetation on Tiger Hill, Darjeeling district, West Bengal 12:1176-1187.Indian Forester, 123 (12): 1176-1187.
Literature cited 2: Deep Shikha. (2009).study of growth characteristics of Acacia mollissima De Wild.under mid hill conditions in Himachal Pradesh.M.Sc.Thesis, Dr. Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P., India.101p. DOA. (2009).District Agricultural Plan: Solan, H.P., IX.Azad Hind Stores (P) Ltd Chandigarh.

ID: 61645
Title: Seed quality assessment through incubation, drying and separation (IDS) in silver Fir (Abies Pindrow Spach)
Author: Virendra Singh and Ajay Kumar Singh.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1248-1251 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Seed quality, Incubation, Drying, Separation, Specific gravity solution, Germination.
Abstract: The seeds were incubated in different specific gravity solutions for 24 hours at room temperature (maximum 10.61? C and minimum 7.35?C).Thereafter, the sunken and floated seeds were taken out separately from solutions and were spread on filter paper thinly for drying for 0 hour (no drying), 2 hour, and 4 hour and tested for seed germination. The results of the study revealed that the sunken seeds separated by IDS methods results in higher germination as compared to floater seeds. The sunken seeds which were dried for 0 hour (no drying) resulted in 96.61 % germination and the subsequent drying led to decrease in germination. The germination of seeds in control (without soaking and drying) was only 27.00 percent. Therefore, the sunken seeds in 1.0 specific gravity solution without drying should be used to get the higher germination of seeds.
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Literature cited 1: Arya S.R., Bhagat S., Singh V. and Singh O. (1994).Seed fertility in relation to tree size of Abies pindrow and Picea smithiana.Indian Forester,120 (8): 677-681. Champion H.G. and Seth S.K. (1968).General Silviculture for India.G.O.I.Publication.Dept of Printing and Stationery, New Delhi.
Literature cited 2: Choudhary K.A. (1974).Abies and Picea-Morphological Studies. Publication and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. Copeland L.O. and McDonald M.B. (1985).principles of Seed Science and Technology. MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 321 pp.

ID: 61644
Title: Assessment of Floristic Diversity of Shimla water catchment sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh-India.
Author: Dipika Rana
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1244-1247 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Catchment, Floristic, Undisturbed, Vascular, Monotypic.
Abstract: Present study was carried out in Shimla Water Sanctuary of Himachal Pradesh to assess its floristic diversity. The sanctuary lies between 31?05` to 31? 75` N latitude and 77? 12` to 77? 15` E longitudes. Shimla Water Catchment area represents the only remaining undisturbed middle altitude forest in the lower ranges of the Western Himalayas and is the main water catchment area for Shimla. A total of 476 species of vascular plants were recorded. Of the total species, 39 species were trees, 81 shrubs, 320 herbs and the remaining 36 species were pteridophytes. Maximum species belonged to family Asteraceae (45spp.); Lamiaceae (31 spp.) and Poaceae (30 spp.).39 families were monotypic.
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Literature cited 1: Collet H. (1902). Flora Simlensis: A Handbook of the Flowering plants of Simla and Neighbourhood.Thacker Spink and Co., Calcutta.652 pp. Nayar M.P. (1980).Endemic and Patterns of distribution of endemic genera (Angiosperms) in India.J.Econ. & Taxon.Bot. 1:99-110.
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ID: 61643
Title: Biomass production and carbon stock in Silvi-Horti based Agroforestry system in arid region of Rajasthan.
Author: Bilas Singh and G.Singh
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2015
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 141 (12) 1237-1243 (2015)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Agroforestry, Arid region, Soil carbon stock, Tree carbon content.
Abstract: A study was conducted to compare carbon accumulation in both tree biomass and soil (0-30 cm in depth) in a six year old-agri-silvi-horti system grown on a farmer field in arid region of Rajasthan. Silvicultural species were Prosopis cineraria (PC), Alianthus excels (AE) and Colophospermum mopane (CM) along with Zizyphs mauritiana (ZM), Cordia myxa (COM) and Emblica officinalis (EO) horticultural species planted alternate plant to each other. These were intercropped with wheat (Triticum aestivum). In addition, there were controls for each tree species as well as crop alone. Biomass production of horticultural and silvicultural species was higher in agroforestry plots as compared to respective control plot. P.cineraria showed the highest biomass (14.02 kg per tree) and Z.mautiana tree (2.07 kg per tree) lowest biomass in agroforestry system, whereas biomass was one and half time low in sole tree plot (control).Maximum reduction was in A.excelsa tree. Carbon content (%) was highest in leaf and lowest in roots. The highest carbon content was 45.84 % in C.mopane and lowest was 43.61. in A.excelsa trees. Both biomass and soil carbon stock varied (P<0.05) among the horti-silvi combinations. Average carbon stock was highest in P.cineraria based agroforestry than other two silviculture species. It was more in agriforestry than in sole horti-and silvi-species as well as agriculture plots. Our results show that the main carbon sink in horti-silvi is the wooden parts of trees which increased with stand age, whereas the soil carbon pool remained stable.
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