Long-term impacts of afforestation on biomass production, carbon stock, and climate resilience in a degraded semi-arid ravine ecosystem of India

R Kumar, VC Pande, AK Bhardwaj, D Dinesh… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ravines are considered among highly degraded ecosystems where successful
afforestation strategies can provide significant economic and ecological benefits. The …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing regeneration strategies for sustaining intensively used chilgoza pine-dominated community forests in Afghanistan

S Khurram, MI Larawai, MN Shalizi, K Akamani… - Trees, Forests and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Income from Chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana) nut harvests, grazing, and the
collection of firewood support forest communities within Afghanistan's Eastern Forest …

Genetic insights into ecology and conservation of Pinus gerardiana (chilgoza pine) a threatened species of north western himalayas–a review

R Kumar, S Thakur, L Thakur, HP Sankhyan… - Tree Genetics & …, 2025 - Springer
Pinus gerardiana, commonly known as chilgoza pine, is an invaluable species of pine native
to the northwestern Himalayas. This evergreen species is highly valuable for its edible …

Seed dormancy and after-ripening requirements of Indian lac tree (Schleichera oleosa Lour. Oken)

P Rawat, O Singh, M Thapliyal… - Journal of Forest …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
After-ripening (AR) is a time and environmental regulated process which determines the
germination potential of the dry seeds. The after-ripened seeds swell after absorbing water …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative regeneration status of Pinus gerardiana in two forest-use types of Sulaiman mountain range near Pak-Afghan border region: Historical, current …

MA Aziz, M Adnan, SK Hussain, A Hashem… - Pak. J. Bot, 2017 - pakbs.org
Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don is valuable commercial species with sparse distribution all
around the world. In the Sulaiman mountain range of Pakistan, P. gerardiana faces many …

Indigenous knowledge and stand characteristics of a threatened tree species in a highly insecure area: Chilgoza pine in Afghanistan

MN Shalizi, S Khurram, JW Groninger… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana) is an important source of income in forested eastern
Afghanistan through the harvest of edible seeds. Since the late 1970s, the resource has …

Influence of anthropogenic activities on the biological diversity of forest ecosystem

Himshikha, S Dobhal, D Ayate, P Lal - Towards Sustainable Natural …, 2022 - Springer
Forestdiversity is one of the important components of the earth ecosystem. The
anthropogenic activities that are responsible for loss of diversity mainly are livelihood and …

[HTML][HTML] Seed and seedling diversity delimitation and differentiation of Indian populations of Melia dubia cav.

R Kumar, A Kumar, R Banyal, M Kumar, A Singh… - Saudi Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Melia dubia is one of the most important industrial tree species in the South East Asia. In last
few decades, the populations of M. dubia has rapidly expanded in the Indian sub-continents …

Assessment of natural population and regeneration dynamics of Pinus gerardiana in dry temperate region of north western Himalaya

O Prakash, SS Samant, AK Yadava - Tropical Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don) is one of the multipurpose,
endemic and near-threatened species of Himalayan region. The population of Chilgoza pine …

Allocation to tree bark in pine and oak species in fire affected mixed forests across the Northern Hemisphere

RD Singh, S Gumber, H Joshi, SP Singh - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Pines (Pinus, with 120 species) and oaks (Quercus, with at least 400 species), the
two principal forest forming genera of the Northern Hemisphere occur in fire affected …