BACKGROUND Chinese rural communities living among species-rich forests have little documentation on species used to make handicrafts and construction materials originating from the surrounding vegetation. Our research aimed at recording minor wood uses in the Heihe valley in the Qinling mountains. METHODS We carried out 37 semi-structured interviews in seven villages. RESULTS We documented ...

Pinus wallichiana dominated forest communities, located in the Hindukush ranges of Swat, Pakistan were analysed for variability in the cone and seed traits. The results disclosed significant variability in mean values, critical difference, coefficient of variation, broad sense heritability, genetic gain and genetic advance. Genotypic variance (Vg) and genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV) wer...

Türkiye'de yakla??k bin hektarl?k bir yay?l?? alan?na sahip olan Buxus sempervirens (?im?ir), Hatay ilinin önemli bitki türlerinden biridir. ilinde do?al ?im?ir alan? da Dörtyol ilçesidir. Son y?llarda bölgede ?im?irlerde görülen kuruman?n kayna?? ara?t?r?lm?? ve Cydalima perspectalis oldu?u tespit edilmi?tir. Daha önce bu yay?l??? edilmemi? tür Kozlu Dere mevkiinde çal??mayla literatüre girmi?...

BACKGROUND Traditionally, Pine has been used to treat oxidative and inflammatory disorders. The study was aimed to investigate biological potential of phytoconstituents of Pinus plant species: Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana and Pinus gerardiana using in-vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial methods. METHOD The hydro-alcoholic extraction of dried plant: stem bark was done...

Spatial dimension of abandoned fields has been expanding more in rural subalpine zones of Nepal leading to various patterns of secondary succession. The secondary succession in the subalpine Himalayas has not yet been evaluated. Here, I describe a study initiated in Manang district, Central Nepal where enough abandoned fields of different chronosequences were located. A definitive successional ...

The present investigation of forest ecosystem was undertaken during May 2010 to Dec 2010. The main aim of the study was to analyze the impact of biotic interferences on Yousmarg forest ecosystem. The cumulative effect of the biotic interferences was signif icantly seen in the reduction of vegetation cover. The present study revealed that the prominent factor for the exploitation of the vegetati...