in partial fulfilment of the Doctoral requirements of AAD who thanks University Grant Commission(UGC)for monetary support through a Junior Research Fellowship(UGC-JRF)UGC-Ref.No.3796/(NET-JULY 2018)。
Background:Temperate forests are major carbon sinks because of their high storage potential and low decomposi-tion processes.We quantified tree carbon(TC)storage from 143 plots distributed across three major forest ty...
Land-use sprawl in the Himalayas has caused the conversion of natural habitat into human-modified habitats,thus degrading ecosystem health.Adaptation of birds to changing physical environment can be well understood by...
The grant provided by the Canadian Bureau of International Education(CBIE)to NR for conducting the present study is gratefully acknowledged.
Introduction:Whether invasive plants stimulate or inhibit the soil microbial diversity is still an open question.Despite large-scale invasion by Conyza sumatrensis(Retz.)E.Walker in the urban ecosystems of the Srinaga...
Introduction:Urban flora is an important component of human-dominated ecosystems that links urban dwellers with nature.This study aims at compiling and analysing the alien and native vascular plant species of some sel...
by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade(DFAIT)through the Canadian Bureau for International Education(CBIE)at the University Laval,Quebec,Canada.
Introduction:The ecological processes underlying the suppressive impacts of invasive species on native species diversity,both above-and below-ground,in non-native regions are not well understood.We therefore aimed to ...
Introduction:The impacts of land use/land cover(LULC)pattern on surface components of water are less well recognized,particularly in the Kashmir Himalaya.The paper highlights the relationship between LULC and water ch...