Book ID: 4866
GUPTA, Raj Kumar
The Living Himalayas. Vol. 1: Aspects of Environment and Resource Ecology of Garhwal. 1983. illustr. VI,379 p. 4to. Bound.
Contents: Introduction/ The Himalayan Catchments/ Soil Erosion &Sedimentation-An Environmental Hazard/ Deforestation & EnvironmentalDegradation/ Social Economy of the Himalayan People/ Western Himalaya-Their Climates/ Physical & Edaphic Feature of Geology and Soil/Vegetation-Floristic Survey of Garhwal Himalaya/ Ecological Features ofthe Vegetation/ Dynamics of Oak-Conifer Forests/ Adaptive Trends in theFlora of the High Altitudes/ Economic Importance of the Flora andConservation of Endangered Species.