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Envis Bulletin Himalayan Ecology ENVIS BULLETIN HIMALAYAN ECOLOGY ISSN: 0971-7447 (Print) Volume 26, 2018 ISSN: 2455-6815 (Online) Biodiversity Conservation and Management ENVIS CENTRE ON HIMALAYAN ECOLOGY G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India) Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, India ENVIS Advisory Committee Vol. 26, 2018 ENVIS Bulletin CHAIRMAN Prof. S. S. Bargali, Kumaon University, Nainital, HIMALAYAN ECOLOGY Uttarakhand, India Copyright © : 2018, GBPNIHESD Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand MEMBERS Prof. Varun Joshi, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, New Delhi, India ENVIS Coordinator Executive Editor Dr. G.C.S. Negi, CBCM, GBPNIHESD, Dr. G.C.S. Negi Dr. G.C.S. Negi Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Mr. Ranjan Joshi, CLWRM, GBPNIHESD, Editor-in-Chief Editorial Board Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Dr. R.S. Rawal Prof. R.S. Tripathi, FNA Dr. Sandipan Mukherjee, CLWRM, GBPNIHESD, Director Dr. Eklabya Sharma, FNA Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Dr. G.S. Rawat, FNAS Prof. A.R. 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Jha (Back) ISSN: 0971-7447 (Print) ISSN: 2455-6815 (Online) ENVIS BULLETIN _____________________________________________________ HIMALAYAN ECOLOGY Volume 26, 2018 ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India) Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, Uttarakhand, India About the Bulletin Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Bulletin on Himalayan Ecology is an annual non-priced publication of the ENVIS Centre, which was established at the headquarters of the G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) in the financial year 1992-93 with the fiscal support from the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, New Delhi. The present volume of the ENVIS Bulletin is 26th in the series of its annual publication and contains 18 articles related to Forest ecology, biodiversity conservation and meditational plants. Few articles are also devoted on forest resources consumption and forest soil. The views in these papers in this publication are the views of the concerned authors. Therefore, they do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors, ENVIS Centre and the Institute. The content of the Bulletin may be quoted or reproduced for non-commercial use provided the source is duly acknowledged. The contributions to the next issue of the Bulletin in the form of a research paper, popular article, news item and technical report, etc., related to Himalayan ecology, are always welcome. However, the matter supplied by the individual/organization may be edited for length and clarity. Request for institutional subscription of the Bulletin may be sent to the ENVIS Coordinator. The comments/suggestions for further improvement of the Bulletin are welcome. Dr. G.C.S. Negi Executive Editor - ENVIS Bulletin ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora–263 643, Uttarakhand, India Contents VOLUME 26 YEAR 2018 ISSN: 0971-7447 (Print) ISSN: 2455-6815 (Online) BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT PHYTODIVERSITY, STAND STRUCTURE AND BIODIVERSITY 07 CONSERVATION IN A TROPICAL FOREST COMMUNITY UNDER RAJAJI TIGER RESERVE, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA Akash, Navneet, B.S. Bhandari and Kamal Bijalwan ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF GENUS CYPRIPEDIUM IN 17 PINDARI VALLEY, KUMAUN, WEST HIMALAYA Renu Suyal, Ranbeer S Rawal, Indra D Bhatt and Lalit M Tewari FORESTS OF UTTARAKHAND: DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION, USE PATTERN 21 AND CONSERVATION Vishwambhar Prasad Sati and S. K. Bandooni A COMPARISON OF CANOPY COVER MEASURED THROUGH TRANSECT 29 AND DENSIOMETER IN OAK FOREST OF CENTRAL HIMALAYA, INDIA Poonam Prasad, Jeet Ram and Jitendra Bhatt IMPACT OF ASPECT ON ASSOCIATION OF QUERCUS SPECIES: A CASE 33 STUDY FROM MUKTESHWAR MAHADEV TEMPLE FOREST, KUMAUN HIMALAYA Poonam Mehta, Balwant Kumar, Kapil Bisht, Shashi Upadhyay and K. Chandra Sekar TIMBERLINE FORESTS: POTENTIAL habitats FOR conserving 39 Himalayan MEDICINAL LICHEN DIVERSITY IN KAILASH SACRED LANDSCAPE part OF INDIA K. Bisht, S. Upadhyay and Y. Joshi APPLICATIONS AND ROLES OF LICHENS IN MONITORING AND 47 CONSERVATION OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT Ashutosh Paliwal, Rekha Gahtori, Amrita Kumari, Nidhi Negi, Garima Chand, Penny Joshi, Lalit M. Tewari, Yogesh Joshi and Santosh. K. Upadhyay PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN FOREST (VAN PANCHAYAT) MANAGEMENT 53 A CASE STUDY OF ‘HAT-THARP’, DIDIHAT BLOCK OF PITHORAGARH DISTRICT Amit Bahukhandi, Ravi Pathak, Anjali Barola, Kamini Durgapal and Shinny Thakur PIONEERING STUDIES ON HIGH-ALTITUDE MUSHROOMS OF 59 TRANS-HIMALAYAN LADAKH (JAMMU & KASHMIR), INDIA- DISTRIBUTION, PHENOLOGY AND ETHNOMYCOLOGY Konchok Dorjey and Roshi Sharma ENVIS Bulletin Himalayan Ecology, Vol 26, 2018 5 BIOPROSPECTING OF PAEONIA EMODI FOR LIVELIHOOD ENHANCEMENT 67 IN WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA Praveen Joshi, Prem Prakash, V.K. Purohit and Kuldeep Joshi SCOPING STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN WESTERN HIMALAYAN 71 REGION AND THEIR ROLE IN TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE Nidhi Bhakuni and Harshit Pant ETHNO-MEDICINAL PLANTS IN NONGTALANG, MEGHALAYA: THEIR 75 USES AND THREATS First Born Myrchiang, R. Eugene Lamare and O. P. Singh BLACK TURMERIC: A HIGH value MEDICINAL HERB FROM North- 83 EAST INDIA Om Prakash Arya, Priyanka Adhikari and Anita Pandey AN overview ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ALOE VERA AGAINST 85 Pathogenic BACTERIA AND FUNGI S. P. K. Malhotra and T. K. Mandal HERBAL THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTION 91 Laxman Singh, Renu Suyal and I. D. Bhatt FUELWOOD AND FODDER CONSUMPTION PATTERN IN GOSTU GAD 95 WATERSHED, PAURI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND M.K. Parmar and R.S. Negi CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING 99 RHIZOBACTERIA OF PINUS ROXBURGHII Pramila Verma and Seema Rawat STUDY ON SOIL PHYSICAL CHARACTERS IN RELATION TO ASPECT AND 105 ALTITUDE OF A GARHWAL HIMALAYAN BROAD LEAVED FOREST Vikaspal Singh, D.S. Chauhan and S. Dasgupta 6 ENVIS Centre on Himalayan Ecology PHYTODIVERSITY, STAND STRUCTURE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN A TROPICAL FOREST COMMUNITY UNDER RAJAJI TIGER RESERVE, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA Akash*1, Navneet1, B.S. Bhandari2 and Kamal Bijalwan3 1Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India 2Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India 3S.G.R.R. (P.G.) College, Pathribagh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India *Correspondence: [email protected] ABSTRACT Rajaji Tiger Reserve has a diverse and biogeographically important floral and faunal assemblage due to its varied topographical features as well as the different climatic conditions. The study assessed the structure, composition, vegetation pattern and diversity as well as the conservation strategies in Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Haridwar-Pauri Forest Divison (29°15’ to 30°31’ N, 77°52’ to 78°22’ E, altitude 250–1100m) in a tropical forest. The site represents the different combination of dominant and co- dominant species. In trees, shrubs and herbs, most of the species show contaguous pattern of distribution only a few show random and regular distribution. The Shannon index for tree was 2.51, 1.07 for shrubs and 2.99 for herbs, whereas, the Simpson index was 0.097 for trees, 0.46 for shrubs and 0.06 for herbs. The Margalef Richness index was 0.69 for trees, 1.94 for shrubs and 4.82 for herbs. The Evenness Index was 0.68 for trees, 0.43 for shrubs and 0.88 for herbs in the present study area. Further the study also assessed the conservation and management strategies in the Tiger Reserve which are largely providing protection to flora and fauna and help in the restoration of ecosystem. Keywords: Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna, Rajaji Tiger Reserve. INTRODUCTION robusta, Mallotus phillipensis etc. On the other hand the dry Tropical forests provide great ecological services like deciduous forests cover a vast area of the India and receive conservation of various flora, fauna
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