Abstract Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forests cover over 11 million ha in India, Nepal and
Bangladesh, and these forests are conventionally managed for timber. Recently, interest in …

Tree species richness, tree density, basal area, population structure and distribution pattern
were investigated in undisturbed, mildly disturbed, moderately disturbed and highly …

Abstract The Kangchenjunga Landscape (KL) in the Eastern Himalayas is a transboundary
complex shared by Bhutan, India, and Nepal. It forms a part of the 'Himalayan Biodiversity …

The phytosociological attributes of western Himalayan moist temperate forests were
investigated in Bagh district, Kashmir. Detailed sampling was carried out in 180 forest stands …

Forest cover types, tree distribution pattern, species diversity, net woody biomass
productivity, and firewood extraction rates were studied along a trekking corridor (Yuksam …

Tree structure and composition, regeneration, biomass status and removal as fodder, fuel
and timber were studied in a temperate forest of the Mamlay watershed in Sikkim Himalaya …

To assess the impact of habitat disturbance on birds in the Yuksom-Dzongri trekking corridor
in western Sikkim, India, the relationships between bird community attributes-including …

Biodiversity and productivity are the two most important attributes linked to the functioning of
forest ecosystems. Understanding how diversity and productivity of a forest ecosystem …

The edible wild plants are greatly valued throughout the Himalayan region and serve as an
important source of food for indigenous communities. This paper describes the botanical …

Both natural and anthropogenic disturbances are key drivers of forest dynamics that alter
species composition and diversity, which in turn determine the successional trajectory of the …