UNLABELLED Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species, a "Symbiotic" relationship between tress and fungi in forest has a great ecological and economic importance. Here is an attempt to describe database named "EctomycorrhizalDB", addressing ECM diversity of Central Himalaya (Kumaun region), with special emphasis on their characterization, physical properties and morphological features along with spe...

Mountain ecosystems support a significant one-third of all terrestrial biodiversity, but our understanding the spatiotemporal maintenance this high biodiversity remains poor, or at best controversial. The Himalaya hosts complex mountain ecosystem with topographic and climatic heterogeneity harbors one world's richest floras. species endemism, together increasing anthropogenic threats, has quali...

Geochemical study of a 3.55 m long lake sediment core from the Badanital Lake (Garhwal Himalaya) reveals Late Holocene centennial-scale climatic changes. The ecosystem of the tectonically formed lake seems to be controlled by natural and anthropogenic factors. The imprints of four major global events, e.g. 4.2 ka event, Medieval Warm Period (MWP), Little Ice Age (LIA) and modern warming are obs...

Aim of the study: This study aims to establish inter-racial hybridization in Cedrus deodara from Garhwal Himalaya, India.
 Material and methods:Racial was conducted successfully taking pollen (male gamete) three different races/populations, i.e. Dhanoulti, Pauri Harsil (locality-specific) at Dandachali population where female/ovulate cones were selected as mother trees.
 Main results:...

The outer Lesser Himalaya in eastern Nepal has gone through intense ductile shearing and recrystallization due to the emplacement of Higher Himalayan thrust sheet. It resulted formation various microstructures footwall rocks Himalaya. Present study focuses on quartz grain shear sense indicators metasedimentary interpret deformation characteristics area. Thin sections were prepared from oriented...

The loss of livestock to wild predators is an important livelihood concern among Trans-Himalayan pastoralists. Because of the remoteness and inaccessibility of the region, few studies have been carried out to quantify livestock depredation by wild predators. In the present study, we assessed the intensity of livestock depredation by snow leopard Uncia uncia, Tibetan wolf Canis lupus chanku, and...

An extremely rare, long-lost, monotypic endemic, Indian liverwort, Sewardiella tuberifera Kash. has recently been recollected after a gap of over three-and-a-half decades from an altogether new location, the Mukteshwar region (2,171 m) Nainital district in Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand. The remarkable rediscovery this monotypic, endemic Himalayan liverwort is significant finding for world’s bryo...

The Himalaya plays a vital role in regulating the freshwater availability for nearly billion people living Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra River basins. Due to climate change constantly evolving human-hydrosphere interactions, including land use/cover changes, groundwater extraction, reservoir or dam construction, water has undergone significant change, is expected further future. Therefore, unde...

Saliva is an important body fluid which aids in digestion, in providing a first line of defense and has been recently identified as a repertoire of biomarkers. Salivary composition, hormone levels and enzyme activities are greatly influenced by physiology and well being of the individuals. Oral hygiene is generally maintained by the use of Oral dentifrice like toothpaste and mouthwash. These or...

Changes in the timberline ecotone vegetation of Nanda Devi National Park (NDNP) was studied over a period of 30 years (1980–2010). Our study based on remote sensing analysis of Landsat MSS and TM images suggests no geographical shift in the upper limit of timberline, while the subalpine forest’s canopy has increased substantially. Decrease in heterogeneous reflectance pattern near upper boundar...