Garhwal Himalaya : Ecology and Environment/edited by G.S. Rajwar. 1993, 263 p., figs., tables, $26.

Contents: Preface. 1. Garhwal Himalaya: a physiographic profile/S.C. Kharkwal. 2. Precipitation climatology of the Garhwal Himalayas/O.N. Dhar and B.N. Mandal. 3. Garhwal Himalaya biosphere: a concept/B.B.S. Rawat, G.S. Rajwar and R.C. Badola. 4. Uttarkashi earthquake 1991: a geological analysis/C. Prasad. 5. Landslide ecology: Mussoorie-Tehri road/Martin J. Haigh. 6. Soil loss through surface runoff from grazing-lands under different fire frequency regimes in Garhwal Himalaya/S.C. Tiwari and J.P. Mehta. 7. Landslide hazard zones between the valleys of Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers, Garhwal Himalaya/S.P. Sati, H. Nandan and Geeta Sharma. 8. Rare or threatened medicinal plants of Garhwal Himalaya and their conservation/B.S. Aswal. 9. Human activities and Alphine plants: an impact assessment/D.S. Rawat, A.S. Rawat and R.D. Gaur. 10. Different types of forest communities in Pauri district (Garhwal Himalaya)/R.D. Gaur and B.S. Bartwal. 11. Reminiscences of a visit to Lokpal/O.N. Dhar. 12. Energy audit of apple cultiviation/Vir Singh and Irene Dankelman. 13. Structure of primary producers in a Montane grazingland of Garhwal Himalaya under burnt, burnt grazed, grazed, and protection against herbage removal regimes/J.P. Mehta and S.C. Tiwari. 14. Growth pattern of current year twigs of some broad leaved tree species of a moist temperate forest of Garhwal Himalaya/Kusum Lata and N.S. Bisht. 15. Comparative analysis of seed germination of certain tree species under different conditions/R.C. Badola, K.S. Negi and A.K. Agarwal. 16. Fodder resources of Garhwal: a search for non-conventional fodder species/A.N. Bhatt and Neelam Rawat. 17. Chipko's earth charter/Vandana Shiva. 18. Restoration of degraded ecosystems in Garhwal Himalaya: lessons from experience/N.P. Melkania and Uma Melkania (Nee Pandey). 

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