Assessment of forest vegetation and conservation priorities of communities in part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, West Himalaya. Part I

Hema, Joshi; Samant, S. S.

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“…The prioritization of habitats and communities has been done using eight parameters like species richness, economically important, native, endemic, threatened plants, altitude, site representation and habitats number following Joshi and Samant (2004) >45 >45 >40 >40 1 <200 1 8 46-50 41-45 41-45 36-40 36-40 2 200-400 2 6 41-45 36-40 36-40 31-35 31-35 3 400-600 3 4 36 …”

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Conservation Prioritization of Habitats and Forest Communities in the Lahaul Valley of Proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, North Western Himalaya, India

Singh¹,

Samant²

2010

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. The rapid loss of biodiversity due to habitat degradation and over exploitation has necessitated the conservation prioritization of habitats, species and communities for conservation. The prioritization of habitats and communities through qualitative and quantitative assessment of vegetation is prerequisite for initiating any conservation and management programme. Therefore, an attempt has been made to; (i) identify the habitats and communities; (ii) evaluate habitats and communities for species richness, native, endemic, economically important and threatened species; (iii) prioritize habitats and communities for conservation. Fifteen (15) habitats and fourteen forest (14) communities distributed between 2490-4000m were recorded. Overall, 35.71% communities were broad-leaved, 57.14% coniferous and 7.14% mixed. The habitats and communities have been evaluated for the species richness, native, endemic, economically important and threatened species. Based on these attributes habitats and communities have been prioritized. Among communities Abies pindrow -Pinus wallichiana mixed, Fraxinus xanthoxyloides, Picea smithiana -Pinus wallichiana mixed and Cedrus deodara -Acer cappadocicum mixed showed highest CPI and habitats forest, shady moist showed highest CPI value. Regular monitoring of the prioritized habitats and communities has been suggested. Also, mass scale propagation of native, endemic, economically important and threatened species and their plantation in the Lahaul valley have been suggested.

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Conservation Prioritization of Habitats and Forest Communities in the Lahaul Valley of Proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, North Western Himalaya, India

Singh¹,

Samant²

2010

Appl Ecol Env Res

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“…However, the protected areas of the IHR including Reserve Forests have been very poorly evaluated for the structural and functional diversity [34] except a few studies carried out in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) and Askot Wildlife Sanctuary (AWLS) [35][36][37][38][39]. Further, studies integrating compositional, structural and functional diversity, native, endemic, economically important and rare-endangered species, and prioritization of community for conservation have been attempted in a few protected areas [37,38]. Therefore, the attempt has been made to; (i) study the site/habitat characteristics; (ii) assess the diversity and distribution pattern of the species; (iii) delineate forest communities; (iv) study the distribution pattern of economically important, native, endemic and rareendangered species within the identified communities; and (v) prioritize communities for conservation.…”

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Assessment of Plant Diversity and Prioritization of Communities for Conservation in Mornaula Reserve Forest

Pant¹

2007

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Abstract. Assessment of plant diversity of the Reserve Forests of the west Himalaya and prioritization of communities for conservation have not been given much attention. Therefore, the study has been conducted in a biodiversity rich Mornaula Reserve Forest between 1500-2200m to analyse the structure, composition of the forest communities including richness of economically important, native, endemic and rare-endangered species, and prioritize communities for conservation. A total of 123 sites were sampled. For each site, habitat characteristics, altitude and dominant species have been given. From the sampled sites, 289 species (37 trees; 37 shrubs; and 215 herbs) and 31 forest communities have been recorded. These recorded values were almost comparable with the studies conducted in sub-tropical, temperate and sub-alpine regions of the west Himalaya. In some cases the values were slightly higher than the reported values. The communities have been prioritized for conservation based on the species richness, nativity, endemism, economically important and rare-endangered species. Among, all the prioritized communities, Rhododendron arboreum community supports maximum species including native, endemic, economically important and rareendangered species. In view of the high socio-economic and conservation values of the identified communities, monitoring of these communities at least for a period of five years and development of appropriate strategy and action plan for the conservation and management have been suggested.

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“…Protecting such processes can ensure the continued provision of ecosystem services (Balmford et al, ). Therefore, prioritization of communities for conservation is essentially required (Joshi & Samant, ). In CDBR, plant communities, E. gerardiana—L.…”

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Prioritization of habitats and communities for conservation in Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Trans Himalaya, India

Sharma

Samant

2019

Ecological Research

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The rapid degradation of habitats and communities throughout the globe has necessitated the need for conservation to avoid biodiversity crisis. For framing conservation and management plan for flora of any region, it is very necessary to prioritize species of that region, their preferred habitats and communities with reliable information. In the present study, prioritization of habitats and communities has been done in the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve. Ten habitats and 73 plant communities (45 shrubs and 28 herbs) distributed between 3,109 and 5,019 m were identified. Each habitat and community has been evaluated based on the ecological and socioeconomical parameters. Of the 10 habitats identified, the Moist alpine groove habitat showed highest conservation priority index (CPI), that is, 50 hence prioritized for conservation. The Ephedra gerardiana—Lonicera asperifolia mixed community showed highest CPI, that is, 62; followed by Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica—Caragana versicolor—Ephedra intermedia mixed, Rosa webbiana—Ribes orientale mixed and Salix denticulata‐ H. rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica mixed (CPI: 60, each) communities. Regular monitoring of the prioritized habitats and communities has been suggested. Also, mass propagation of native, endemic, economically important and threatened species following biotechnological approaches and their plantation in the natural habitats of Spiti valley have been suggested. This would help in the management of habitats and communities in particular and cold desert ecosystem in general.

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Assessment of forest vegetation and conservation priorities of communities in part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, West Himalaya. Part I

Cited by 45 publications

References 6 publications

Conservation Prioritization of Habitats and Forest Communities in the Lahaul Valley of Proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, North Western Himalaya, India

Conservation Prioritization of Habitats and Forest Communities in the Lahaul Valley of Proposed Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, North Western Himalaya, India

Assessment of Plant Diversity and Prioritization of Communities for Conservation in Mornaula Reserve Forest

Prioritization of habitats and communities for conservation in Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Trans Himalaya, India

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