Concepts in Forestry Research : Proceedings of the International Seminar on \"Forests, Forest Products and Services: Research Development and Challenges Ahead\"

Contents: Preface. List of contributors. Prof. A.N. Purohit and his contribution. 1. The move towards conservation linked sustainable mountain development: where do we stand?/P.S. Ramakrishnan. 2. Saving global carbon: possible role of community forestry in CDM/Asha Upadhyay and Uma Melkania. 3. Forest ecosystem services in maintaining mountain agroecosystems/G.C.S. Negi and D.K. Agrawal. 4. The sacred traditions of conservation: sacred groves of India/Savita Bisht, J.C. Ghildiyal and Tajbar S. Rawat. 5. Genetic diversity of a teak clonal seed orchard estimated through RAPD/N. Lyngdoh, R. Vasudeva, B. Fakruddin and R. Gunaga. 6. Forest tree seed testing and certification in India/R.C. Thapliyal. 7. Forage seed production: problems and strategies/R.K. Bhatt. 8. Seed source exploration: a key for tree improvement/N.P. Todari and A.K. Uniyal. 9. Seed and seed characteristics of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb./S. Nautiyal and Monika Tyagi. 10. Selection of suitable seed source: a key for Ex-situ conservation in Celtis australis/Bhupinder Singh, P. Prasad and B.P. Bhatt. 11. Improvement of Himalayan Pines/S. Nautiyal and Monika Singh. 12. Effect of cone weight classes on seed germination and early seedling growth in ChirPine (Pinus roxburghii Sargent) in Garhwal Himalaya/Virendra Singh, S.K. Lavania and M.C. Nautiyal. 13. Ecophysiology of Berberis species in Garhwal Himalaya/P.C. Nautiyal. 14. Vegetative propagation in Himalayan tree species/N.P. Todaria, A.K. Uniyal and D.S. Chauhan. 15. Changes in Morpho-physiology, biochemical and Glycosidic contents of Digitalis Ianata Ehrh. grown under short term moisture stress/A.K. Chaturvedi and P. Prasad. 16. High altitude medicinal plants: cultivation, status, agrotechnology and future prospects/M.C. Nautiyal and B.P. Nautiyal. 17. Influence of different soil mixes on Eucalyptus seedling in nursery/Lalji Singh, Lekha Ghosh and R.K. Prajapati. 18. Mycorrhiza in afforestation of wastelands/B.P. Chamola and K.G. Mukerji. 19. Western Ghats, a major emporium of wild Aromatic plants: diversity, conservation and bioprospection/R.R. Rao, R. Murugan, K.V. Syamasundar and Sivinivasulu. 20. Nitrogen fixing plants diversity in Himalayan ecosystem: a case study/Pankaj Kumar, Monika Tyagi and T.C. Pokhriyal. 21. Influence of associate tree species on mortality of Sal forests of Doon Valley/Laxmi Rawat, Vijay Rawat and P.S. Chauhan. 22. Multilayered plantings for sustainable land use system, vertical yield enhancement, biodiversity, agricultural conservation in agroforestry system/M.A. Rahim. 23. A note on analysis of categorical observations in forestry research with special reference of Friedman's Two Way Analysis of Variance/O.K. Belwal and Navin Bhatt. 24. Contribution of traditional homestead agroforestry to villagers' livelihood and economy in Fatiyabad a village in Chittagong Bangladesh/A.T.M. Rafiqul Hoqui, Yuba Raj Subedi, Romel Ahmed and Mohammad Belai Uddin. 25. Energy efficiency of agrisilvicultural traditional agroforestry system along altitudinal gradient in Garhwal Himalaya, India/M.S. Sachan, B.P. Bhatt and N.P. Todaria. 26. Developing indicators for measuring sustainability at forest management unit level/M.D. Omprakash, L.S. Kandari, Sanjay Gairola and Arvind Bhatt. 27. Standardising indicators and their values for measuring sustainability of forests/P.C. Kotwal. 28. Indigenous knowledge and modern technology of natural dye preparation/S.C. Tiwari, Debajit Mahanta and Padma S. Vankar. 29. Timber based multistoried agroforestry system--environment friendly and sustainable cropping system for livelihood improvement/M.S. Bari, M.A. Rahim and M.S. Alam. Index.

"This volume contains articles/research papers on wide ranging areas of forestry research. The editors have done a commendable job of bringing together all the information in the form of a book, which will be useful for researchers and students alike.

The contents of the book provide an insight into diverse users of forests. It will fully cater to the needs of the different disciplines of forestry research." (jacket)