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Kumar, V.
- Status of Flora in Protected Areas the Case Studies of Eight PAs of Madhya Pradesh (India)
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Indian Forester, Vol 128, No 3 (2002), Pagination: 271-288Abstract
The term Biodiversity means the variety and variability among living organisms from all sources and ecosystems on the earth. It includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. Classification is an essential process in our daily lives and a necessary tool for our survival. For example, we need to know which plant, animal, fungi are useful and which are poisonous or dangerous. It is hard to define Biodiversity in mathematical terms. Hence, the 'Biodiversity indices' are used for the purpose. The Shannon-Wiener Biodiversity Index, based on the proportionate abundance of the species, provides an alternate approach to the assessment of Biodiversity. Attempt has been made for the first time in the eight Pas of Madhya Pradesh, following standard sample techniques and formulae, to compute Biodiversity indices in order to find the present status of flora. The value of Shannon-Wiener Biodiversity Indices and Index of Evenness has been computed. The maximum value (2.505, 2.511) was found for Madhav National Park followed by Satpura National Park. The minimum value (1.717,1.763) was found for Pachmarhi Wildlife Sanctuary. The main recommendations of the study are: (1) Demarcation of the 'Biodiversity zone' in each Pas and its conservation; (2) The areas with lower Biodiversity indices need to be given more attention for protection and conservation; (3) 'Eco-development planning' with the active involvement of local people for each PA needs to be adopted along with the village-micro-planning, and (4) The high tourist pressure in PWS, SNP, BNP, RWS and SDS needs to be regulated by 'Eco-tourism planning' in these PAs.
- Status of Flora in Protected Areas the Case Studies of Satpuda, Bandhavgarh, Indravati and Madhav National Parks of Madhya Pradesh, India
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Indian Forester, Vol 126, No 1 (2000), Pagination: 71-77Abstract
Attempts have been made for the first time to workout the biodiversity indices for flora in the four Pas, i.e., the Bandhavgarh (BNP), Indravati (lNP), Madhav (MNP), and Satpuda (SNP) National Parks of Madhya Pradesh following standard sampling techniques and formulae. The values of Shannon-Wiener biodiversity indices as computed are found to be 2.508, 2.226, 1.842 and 1.815 respectively for MNP, SNP, INP and BNP. The values of the index of evenness have also been computed which are 0.753,0.668,0.581 and 0.581 respectively for MNP, SNP, INP and BNP. The highest t.value and degree of freedom (df) found for INP while lowest in MNP which reveals that the two types of the selected forest sites (areas) are significantly different upto certain extent in terms of the diversity of dominant species in INP, while not in case of MNP. Thus the areas of these PAs with lower diversity indices needed to be given more attention for protection and conservation of biodiversity. In fact, these areas being peripheral to territorial divisions are more affected by the biotic pressures from the adjoining villages which need to be minimized. Thus the study is not only of academic interest but relevant for management of the Protected Areas.- Vegetative Propagation through Air Layering of Guadua angustifolia Kunth. - a Commercially Important Bamboo
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1 Rain Forest Research Institute Deovan Sotai Ali, Post Box # 136, Jorhat -785001 (Assam), IN
2 Environment Management, ICFRE, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN
1 Rain Forest Research Institute Deovan Sotai Ali, Post Box # 136, Jorhat -785001 (Assam), IN
2 Environment Management, ICFRE, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN
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Indian Forester, Vol 139, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1088-1091Abstract
Guadua angustifolia Kunth. tree is a potential resource as structural and ornamental building material due to its high mechanical strength. The air layering of side branches of G. angustifolia using dry Sphagnum khasinum moss as substrate has initiated early ischolar_maining in rainy season compared to winter season as well as control conditions.Keywords
Air-layering, Guadua angustifolia, Rooting, Vegetative PropagationReferences
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- Joshi, R., Tewari, S.K. and Kaushal R. (2012). Rooting behavior of Bambusa balcooa Roxb. In relation to season, age and growing condition, Indian Forester, 138 (1): 79 – 83.
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- Kumari, S., Kumar. R., Chakrovourty, S.K., Chandra, R., Sinha, A. and Nath S. (2012). Effect of growth promotining substances rhizome separation technique on clonal propagation of Bambusa vulgaris var. striata, Indian Forester, 138 (2): 116 -121.
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- Razvi, S. and Nautiyal, S. (2012). Vegetative propagation of Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Yellow bamboo) through juvenile branch cuttings: A new technique, Indian Forester, 138 (4): 392 – 394.
- Takahashi, J. (2006). Bamboo in Latin America: Past, Present and the Future, In: Bamboo for the Environment, Development and Trade (Abstracts and Papers published in International Bamboo Workshop Wuyishan City, Fujian, China on 23 October 2006, Sponsored by International Network for Bamboo and Rattan China State Forestry Administration Fujian Provincial Government, pp.4-12.
- Land Cover Mapping and Dynamics of Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
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1 Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat-785001, Assam, IN
2 Kaziranga National Park, Bokakhat, Assam, IN
1 Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat-785001, Assam, IN
2 Kaziranga National Park, Bokakhat, Assam, IN
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Indian Forester, Vol 140, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 11-17Abstract
Precise mapping of Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the natural world heritage site, is the prime objective of this paper. High resolution Indian remote sensing satellites including IRS P6 Panchromatic and LISS 4 image, with 2.5 m and 5.8 m spatial resolution respectively, were used for the same along with GPS and extensive field survey. A theme based hybrid approach was followed for classification of digital remote sensing images. The overall classification accuracy was estimated to be 91.7% where as K value implies that the classification process was avoiding 89.9% errors of a hat completely random classification. The Eastern alluvial grassland is found to be the predominant vegetation type which occupies 50.6% of the total park area. Semi-evergreen and moist mixed deciduous forests together occupy 21.8% of the total area followed by short grass (7.7 %). A substantial area (11.7%) was found to be eroded in to the river Brahmaputra and as a result core area of the park is found to be decreased when compared with previous assessments.Keywords
Kaziranga, Land cover, Mapping, GIS.References
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