Forest Flora of Pir Panjal Range: Northwestern Himalaya

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The Pir Panjal range is one of the most picturesque mountain chains of the Himalaya. The Forest Flora of Pir Panjal is based on the floristic and ecologic analysis of the Pir Panjal forests which formed a part of the Man & Biosphere Project No. 2 "Ecological effect of different landuse and management practices of Srinagar mountains. The book gives an extensive and exhaustive account of forest ecology of the area laying stress on plant community characteristics, phenology and life forms, as well as floristics. The flora is rich in composition natural raw materials and diversity. The book will prove useful to foresters, botanists and plant conservationists.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Kachroo

Prof. P. Kachroo is an eminent student of Plant Science and environments. He has trained as a researcher by the doyen of Himalayan Botanist, Prof. P.N. Mehra and surveyed extensively the hepatic flora of western Himalayas, hills and Plains of Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal and studied world collection of Hepaticae (Lejeuneaceae) at the University of Michigan (U.S.A.). He has published ca 250 research papers, book/monograph on various aspects of botany and environmental science. Many scholars have received Ph.D. under his able guidance.