The present status and future prospects of forest vegetation in part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve(a World Heritage Site),India

作     者：Balwant Rawat Sanjay Gairola K.Chandra Sekar Ranbeer S.Rawal 

作者机构：G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and DevelopmentKosi-KatarmalAlmoraUttarakhand 263643India Forest Ecology and Environment DivisionForest Research InstituteDehradunUttarakhand 248006India Society for the Conservation of NatureParnkuti Anantpur University RoadRewaMadhya PradeshIndia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第26卷第4期

页      面：897-904页

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学科分类：09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 

基　　金：supported by DST SB/YS/LS-205/2013 CSIR(09/560(0015)/2011-EMRI),Govt.of India 

主　　题：Regeneration pattern Population structure Compositional changes 

摘      要：We studied forest vegetation at Lata-Tolma- Phagti, a protected area and part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in the western Himalaya. We analyzed community composition, population structure, regeneration patterns, and projected development of future compositional patterns. We sampled ten 10 x 10 m quadrat for tree species in each of 30 forest stands. We sampled shrubs in ten 5 x 5 m quadrat, and herbs in twenty 1 x 1 m quadrat within each forest stand. We recorded 248 plant species from 8 forest communities. Broadly the demographic profiles at study sites exhibited progressive structures suggesting long term persistence of the communities/species. Density--diameter distribution revealed greater proportions of seedlings and a significant decline （P 〈 0.05） in the proportion of trees in older age/size classes. Of the 23 recorded tree species, 13.0 % showed good, 52.2 % fair, 26.1% poor and 8.7 % no regeneration. Differences in regeneration by species are indicative of future foreststructure and dynamics. Assessment of changes in structure of forest types provides baseline data for development of priorities for conservation of other representative land- scapes in the reserve as well as in the Himalaya.