The book presents an account of tropical forest of the world and its structure and function. In tropical forest, three major forest groups have been described–tropical rain forest, tropical dry deciduous and tropical littoral forest. All the aspects: assessment, biodiversity, floristic composition, physical factors, policies and protection have been nicely discussed. This is good book for students, teachers and foresters for basic information and knowledge on tropical forest.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V P Singh
V.P. Singh is Retd Professor & Head, Department of Plant Sciences (IEMPS), Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.). He obtained his M.Sc. (1966) and Ph.D. (1971) from Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.), specializing in Forest ecology, Mangrove ecology, Metal toxicity. He has had a brilliant academic carrier followed by over 36 years of teaching and conducting research in Botany at postgraduate as well as research levels. Dr. Singh has guided 25 Ph.D. students and Published 125 research Papers in National and International periodicals. He is also an author of 11 books in his own specialized fields. He has attended and participated in many seminars, workshops and conferences. Presently he is engaged in the work on the Medicinal Flora of Western Madhya Pradesh.
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