Vol 8 (2011)

Table of Contents

Synthesis

Disturbances and biodiversity in forest ecosystems: A temperate zone perspective PDF
Anton Fischer 1-9

Research

Response of plant species to abandonment of subalpine fields, Manang, Nepal PDF
Chitra Bahadur Baniya 10-15
Terricolous lichens as indicator of anthropogenic disturbances in a high altitude grassland in Garhwal (Western Himalaya), India PDF
Himanshu Rai, Roshni Khare, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Dalip Kumar Upreti 16-23
Epiphytic lichens as indicator of land-use pattern and forest harvesting in a community forest in west Nepal PDF
Pramod Nag, Himanshu Rai, Dalip Kumar Upreti, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Rajan Kumar Gupta 24-32
Bioactivity and biochemical analysis of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) PDF
Bikash Baral, Geeta Shrestha Vaidya, Nabin Bhattarai 33-39
Production of bergenin, an active chemical constituent in the callus of Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb. PDF
Umesh Krishna Shrestha, Bijaya Pant 40-44
Bee flora in mid hills of Central Nepal PDF
Subodh Adhikari, Nar B Ranabhat 45-56
Habitat differentiation and population traits variation between the rare Meconopsis napaulensis and the common congener M. paniculata: Implications for rare plant management PDF
Mukti Ram Poudeyal, Suresh Kumar Ghimire 57-69
Physiology of fruit cracking in wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) PDF
Pei-Luen Lu, Chin-Ho Lin 70-76
Epiphytic cyanobacterial diversity in the sub-Himalayan belt of Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India PDF
Mukesh Kumar, Rajan Kumar Gupta, AB Bhatt, SC Tiwari 77-89
Distribution pattern of the epiphytic orchid Rhynchostylis retusa under strong human influence in Kathmandu valley, Nepal PDF
Yagya Prasad Adhikari, Anton Fischer 90-99

Short Communications

Beetle on the battle: Defoliation of Parthenium hysterophorus by Zygogramma bicolorata in Kathmandu valley, Nepal PDF
Bharat Babu Shrestha, Khum Bahadur Thapa-Magar, Ambika Paudel, Uttam Babu Shrestha 100-104
A new record of Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) for Flora of Nepal PDF
Bhakta B Raskoti, Rita Ale, Ganga D Bhatt 105-107