Authors Index
Adhikari MK 101
Agustina P 215
Ahmadi A 48
AlKhanjari SS 24
Asra R 109
Atri NS 115
Bazdid Vahdati F 31
Bhandary MJ 89, 229
Bhat S 229
Bhatt D 80
Bisht AS 94
Chandrashekar KR 89
Cheng SH 142
Costa ADA 180
Du J 104
El-Nagerabi SAF 24
Elshafie AE 24
Etemad V 162
Fadli N 142
Faramarzi M 147
Feghhi J 53
Garcia DAZ 180
Gholizadeh H 31
Hartatik T 1
Heydari M 147, 245
Hosseini SM 60, 206, 224
Ismail MH 240
Jayaraj RSC 12, 251
Kamarudin N 240
Karami A 53
Kaur A 115
Kaur M 115
Kavosi MR 48
Kemka-Evans CI 137
Khan MS 75
Kooch Y 60, 206
Kukreti M 80
Leme GLA 180
Makatipu PCh 104
Mansyurdin 109
Maridi 215
Merzaei J 147
Mir SA 6, 131
Mishra AK 6, 131
Mohan PM 12, 251
Mollaei-Darabi S 60
Muchlisin ZA 142
Muhadjier A 142
Naqinezhad A 31
Nwachukwu C 137
Okoli B 137
Olopade OA 195
Orsi ML 180
Pant A 75
Parajuli GP 101
Pathak AK 186
Peristiwady T 104
Pothier D 147
Prasanth R S 251
Purnawan S 142
Putra WPB 1
Rafeie Jahed R 206
Ragavan P 12, 251
Rajanna L 229
Ravichandran K 12, 251
Razali N 240
Reshi ZA 6, 131
Reyahi-Khoram M 67
Reyahi-Khoram R 67
Rezaei-Taleshi SA 39
Rizvandy M 67
Roshan SA 245
Rufai OP 195
Saeidi Mehrvarz Sh 31
Sanjay-Gandhi D 169
Saputra A 215
Saravanan S 12, 251
Sarkar UK 186
Saxena A 12
Sefidi K 53, 162
Setyawan AD 261
Sharma KD 94
Sharma MP 6, 131
Singh SP 186
Soejono 236
Soltanloo H 48
Subasinghe K 200
Sumadi 1
Sumanapala AP 200
Sundarapandian S 169
Sxaena A 251
Syamsuardi 109
Vijayaraghavan A 12
Watanabe K 101
Witono JR 109
Zaki PH 240
Zarghi A 224
Zulkarnaini B 142
Subject Index
Aceh cattle 1, 2, 3, 4
Agaricales 101, 115
Alder 39-45, 98, 163, 224
alien 173, 180, 261
Allometric 182, 195, 198
Alnus subcordata 39-43, 46
Andaman and Nicobar islands 12, 13, 15, 22, 251, 260
anthiinae 104
Ata-Kuh 31, 35, 36
avian diversity 80
biodiversity 24-26, 31, 32, 36, 39, 40, 44, 54, 60, 67, 68, 73, 75, 79, 80- 82, 87, 88, 94, 98, 131, 134, 148, 149, 155, 162, 180, 186, 191, 193, 224-229, 243 biodiversity conservation 68, 73, 229
bird species richness 80, 87, 200, 202, 203
Bisotun 67, 68
broad-leaved 61, 165, 206
cardamom 96, 200, 201-204
Centrarchidae 180
Cichlidae 195, 197-199
Coastal Karnataka 89-92
conservation 75
Daemonorops draco 109-113
deforestation 60, 61, 64, 65, 73, 78
Dhofar Mountains 24, 25
dispersion 149, 180, 184
distribution 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 22, 27, 31, 36, 39, 42, 45, 46, 52, 54, 56- 59, 65, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 92, 106, 109, 126, 128, 131- 133, 135, 137, 138, 141, 149, 150, 165, 166, 167, 169-176, 180, 186, 190, 191, 193, 197, 204, 216, 221, 236, 245, 246, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254 disturbance 48, 49, 57, 58, 60, 61, 75, 77-
80, 88, 147, 148, 158, 159, 162, 166, 167, 169, 171, 177, 186, 193, 204, 240
diversity 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31-33, 35-37, 39, 40, 43-46, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 67, 68, 71, 74, 80, 82, 86-90, 94, 98, 109-113, 115, 131, 132, 135, 147, 149, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 162, 169, 171-173, 177, 180, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 193, 195-204, 211, 215-218, 220-222, 224-226, 229, 230, 232, 236, 239, 243, 245, 249, 250
diversity index 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 54, 56, 58, 59, 149, 155, 190, 195-198, 202, 215, 217, 218, 221, 222, 241
dolphin 75-79
dominance 87, 169, 171, 173, 176, 195,
198, 216, 218, 224-226, 240, 250
Dryopteris 6-10, 34, 131-135
dung 115, 117-121, 123-125, 127-
129
earthworm 60, 62-65
East Java 236
ecological species groups 31, 32, 36
ecotourism 73, 224-228
endophytes 24-28
environment 1, 5, 24-27, 31, 33, 36, 39, 45, 51, 53-55, 58, 60, 61, 64, 67- 70, 72, 73, 75, 80, 94, 98, 101, 109, 145, 146, 147, 158, 171, 180, 181, 183, 184, 199, 215, 216, 218, 220, 221, 225-228, 237, 240, 245, 249,
epidermal 137-139, 141
epithelial pileus cuticle 115
ethnobotany 89
ethnomedicinal plants 89-92
evenness 33, 35, 36, 56, 80, 82, 149, 156, 195, 197-199, 221, 224-226 Fagus orientalis 33, 34, 36, 37, 40-43, 45, 162-
164
feeding guild diversity 200, 202, 203
fish diversity 183, 184, 186, 188, 190, 191, 193
flora 6, 7, 24-26, 28, 36, 40, 45, 90, 95, 98, 115, 131, 135, 147, 150, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 224- 228, 230, 236, 245, 246, 249, 251, 260
forest 8, 12, 13, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39- 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 57- 59-65, 69, 70, 73, 80-87, 94, 95, 98, 99, 101-103, 109-113, 132, 133, 135, 147-149, 157, 159, 162-167, 169, 170-177, 181, 200, 201, 203, 204, 206- 209, 211-213, 215, 222, 226, 229, 236, 237, 239-243-250, 259, 260
forest biodiversity 31, 162
forestry 54, 57, 94, 97, 109, 149, 166, 200, 241,
fractal dimension 56, 60-63, 65
FRAGSTATS 53-55, 57
fungal community 24, 27-28
Garhwal Himalaya 80, 87, 94-96
genetic diversity 30, 66, 94, 109-113, 180
GH gene 1-4
Giganthias immaculatus 104-106
GIS 55, 68, 177, 186-188, 191, 193
growth pattern 49, 195, 198
H. sangal 236-239
habitat 6, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 24, 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 46, 55, 67, 69, 70, 72-74, 75-83, 87, 88, 94, 95,
98, 102-104, 115, 118-129, 131, 133, 135, 145, 162, 168, 180, 186, 187, 193, 195, 195, 200-204, 221, 224, 236-239, 245, 250, 251, 253, 254, 260 Himalayan region 98, 186, 187, 193
homegarden biodiversity 229
Hyrcanian forest 31, 36, 48, 49, 60, 61, 163 India 1, 6-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 22,
75-77, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94-96, 98, 115-125, 127-129, 131-133, 135, 169-176, 186- 191, 229, 230-232, 235, 251, 253, 254
Indonesia 1, 3, 4, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 133, 142, 143, 215-217, 236- 238, 253, 254, 260
introduction of species 180
Iran 4, 25, 31, 32, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44,
48, 49, 51-55, 57, 60-62, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 147-149, 158, 159, 162-164, 166, 206- 208, 212, 224-226, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250
ISSR marker 109-113
invasive 48, 173, 180, 183, 184, 226, 262, 264, 265, 267
Karnataka 89-92, 229, 230, 232, 235
Kashmir valley 6, 7, 10, 131, 132, 135
Khouzestan 245, 246
land use 30, 53-59, 60, 73, 79, 94, 157, 209, 211, 216
landscape ecology 53, 54, 58 Lansdowne forest 80, 81, 83, 87,
life forms 245, 149, 150, 155, 156, 229, 231, 245, 246, 247
Malacca strait 142
Malaysia 18, 109, 113, 176, 240, 241, 254, 260
mangroves 12-15, 17, 18, 22, 27, 166, 251, 259, 260
medicine 24, 89, 90, 92, 94, 228
metrics 53-59
modified habitats 200, 201, 204
morphology 26, 48, 49, 51, 115, 137, 142 MspI restriction enzyme 1, 3
natural forest 46, 58, 64, 73, 87, 162, 177, 200, 206, 208, 209, 211-213, 240-241
needle-leaved 206
Nepal 8, 10, 75, 101, 102, 133, 135
new record 6, 7, 10, 24, 26, 28, 104, 115, 125, 131, 135, 262, 266
new variety 101, 103
Nigeria 137, 138, 195-198
non-native species 180, 184
north of Iran 39, 48, 49, 60-62, 163, 208
oak forests 70, 147
Oman 24-26, 28
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi 48, 49, 51, 52
Oyan Dam 195-199
Pasuruan 236-239
pathogen 26, 27, 48, 51, 52, 166, 180
PCR-RFLP 1, 3
Pholiota microspora 101-103
pinus 80, 98, 99, 200-203, 206, 207,
212, 219
plant diversity 12, 31, 39, 40, 43, 45, 173, 229, 245, 249
plant genetic resources 94
plant geography 245
plantation 39-46, 109, 111-113, 200-204, 206-209, 211, 212, 221, 251, 259, 260
Pteridophytes 6, 7, 10, 131, 132, 135 rare species 12, 15, 33, 51, 80, 82, 150, 225
rediscovered 236
richness 33, 36, 37, 45, 54, 56, 57, 64, 67, 68, 80, 87, 88, 94, 147, 149, 156-159, 162, 169-173, 177, 183, 186, 187, 190, 191, 193, 195, 197, 200-204, 220, 221, 224-226, 240-243
River Beas 75-78
Samin 215-217, 219-222
secondary succession 147 Selaginella uncinata 261-267
Sepia officinalis 142-146
Sepioteuthis lessoniana 142-146
sequencing 1, 3, 4
Serranidae 104
Shopian 6, 7, 8, 10, 131-133, 135
Simpson's diversity index 56, 195
skid trails 240-243
snag 162, 164-166
soil 7, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, 46, 54,
58, 60-65, 88, 95, 98, 115, 118, 123, 132, 133, 147-149, 155, 157-159, 162-164, 170, 201, 206, 207-213, 215, 216, 218, 220-222, 224-226, 229, 236- 238, 240
soil feauture 60
soil nutrients 64, 206, 212
soil seed bank 147-159
Sonneratia 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 251, 253, 254, 256-260
Southern Nigeria 137, 138
spatial gradients 186
species composition 12, 32, 82, 149, 150, 157, 159, 164, 165, 169, 171, 173, 177, 199, 202, 225
species diversity 26, 31-33, 36, 37, 39, 45, 46, 80, 82, 87, 158, 169, 173, 177, 186, 193, 196, 197, 198, 199, 218, 221, 226, 230, 232, 240- 243
species richness 33, 35-37, 80, 87, 88, 149, 156- 159, 162, 169-173, 177, 186, 190, 191, 193, 195, 197, 200- 204, 220, 221, 240-243 structure of forest 162, 169
suburban 80-83, 85, 87
sustainable management 38, 162, 206, 213, 242
symptom 24, 28, 48, 49, 51, 92
systematics 115
taxonomy 115, 116, 137, 186, 201
Tibagi River 180, 181, 183, 184
tissue-preference 24, 15, 28
top soil 60
traditional medicine 24, 89 tree regeneration 240, 241 tree species diversity 169
tropical dry deciduous forest 169, 170, 173,
Upper Ganga basin 186, 187, 193
Uroteuthis 142-146
vegetable 70, 94-99, 229, 231
vegetation 7, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 45, 46, 53, 54, 55, 61, 64, 79, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 132, 147- 159, 169, 171, 173, 177, 201, 204, 209-211, 215-222, 224- 225, 236, 237, 240, 241, 245, 260,
Vernonia 137-140
water 1, 18, 24, 26, 36, 45, 49, 54, 60,
61, 70, 71-73, 75-79, 84, 84, 85, 88, 94, 104, 106, 110, 126, 127, 138, 141-143, 145, 146, 147, 149, 173, 177, 180, 183, 183, 184, 186, 191, 193, 196, 198, 208, 209, 212, 213, 215- 222, 224, 237, 250, 253
wildlife 55, 67-74, 78, 88, 162, 173,
176, 224, 225, 250
Zagros 53-55, 57, 58, 59, 69, 147-149,
157-159, 245
Zelkova carpinifolia 48, 49, 51, 52, 206, 207
List of Peer Reviewers
Ajay K Srivastava Department of Botany, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi 834001, Jharkhand, India.
Alireza Naqinezhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar 47416- 95447, Mazandaran, Iran.
Alok Saxena Department of Environment and Forestry, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India.
Amandeep Kaur Desh Bhagat College of Education, Bardwal Dhuri 148024, Punjab, India.
Anders S. Barfod Departmet of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Andreas Kroh Department of Geology-Paleontology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7-1010, Vienna, Austria.
Anna Kuzemko National Dendrological Park 'Sofievka' NAS of Ukraine, Uman 20300, Ukraine.
Apinun Suvarnaraksha Faculty of Fisheries Technology and Aquatic Resources, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Archan Bhattacharya Department of Botany, APC Roy Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Arifa Zereen Department of Botany, Government College (GC) University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Asghar Kamrani Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Ashwani Tapwal Forest Pathology Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248006, Uttrakhand, India.
Bambang Hero Saharjo Forest Fire Laboratory, Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16980, West Java, Indonesia.
Beatriz Bolívar Cimé Instituto de Ecología A.C., Unidad de Servicios Profesionales Altamente Especializados, Carretera Antigua Xalapa-Coatepec. C.P. 91520, Mexico.
Bhargavi Srinivasulu Department of Zoology, College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bhavbhuti Parasharya Biological Control Laboratory Building, Anand Agricultural University, Anand 388 110, Gujarat, India.
Bikarma Singh Herbarium and Crude Drug Repository Section, Plant Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Bin Kang Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.
Brij Gopal Centre for Inland Waters in South Asia, Jaipur 302017, Rajasthan, India.
C.K. Pradeep Plant Systematics and Evolutionary Science Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden &
Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram 695562, Kerala, India
Christopher Philipson Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Winterthuerstrasse 190, CH- 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
Cristina Fernández Lourizan Forestry Research Center, Xunta de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain.
Daniel Bennett Mampam Conservation, 818 Edades, 1st Street Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines.
Devarajan Natarajan Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Salem 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dilip Kumar Jha Andaman and Nicobar Centre for Ocean Science and Technology, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Port Blair-744103, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India.
Dong Shiyong College of Tourism and Geography Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, Yunnan, China.
Eka Meutia Sari Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Aceh, Indonesia.
Elsad Huseyin Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ahi Evran University, 40100 Kırşehir, Turkije.
Ertugrul Sesli Department of Biology, Fatih Faculty of Education, Karadeniz Technical University, Sogutlu- 61335, Trabzon, Turkije.
Faiza Abbasi Aligahr Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Faruk Selcuk Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ahi Evran University, 40100 Kırşehir, Turkije.
Farzam Tavankar Department of Forestry, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran.
Gopal Shukla Department of Forestry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165, West Bengal, India.
Hari Prasad Aryal Bhairahawa Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Siddarthanagar, Rupandehi, Lumbini, Nepal.
Hassan Pourbabaei Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Somehsara, Guilan, Iran.
Hawis Madduppa Department of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16680, West Java, Indonesia.
Hery Suhartoyo Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, Bengkulu 38371, Indonesia.
Hsiu-Lin Huang Department of Biotechnology, MingDao University, Chang Hua 523, Taiwan.
I Made Sudiana Division of Microbiology, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong-Bogor 16911, Indonesia.
Iskandar Z Siregar Forest Fire Laboratory, Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16980, West Java, Indonesia.
Iva Apostolova Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia-1113, Bulgaria.
Jian Liu Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Department of Ecology, Shandong University, Shandong, China.
Kanad Das Botanical Survey of India, Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India.
Kateryna Kon Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv-61022, Ukraine.
Kiomars Sefidi Faculty of Agriculture Technology and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Laura Nahuelhual Instituto de Economı´a Agraria, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile.
Libby Liggins School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia-4072, Queensland, Australia.
Luis Daniel Avila Cabadilla Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia (ENES Morelia), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Expropiación Petrolera INDECO, Morelia-Michoacán de Ocampo, C.P 58190, México.
Luís Filipe Dias e Silva Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada-9501-855, Portugal.
M.N. Bhajbhuje Department of Botany, Jawaharlal Nehru Arts, Comm. and Science College, Nagpur 440 023, M.S., India.
Mahdi Kolahi City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Mahendra K. Rai Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati 444602, Maharashtra, India.
Mahesh Kumar Adhikari Adhikari Niwas, Alka Basti, Lainchour 21758, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Manoj Kale ASC College, University of Pune, Bengaluru 560010, Karnataka, India.
Margaretha Rahayuningsih Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Semarang State University, Semarang 50229, Central Java, Indonesia.
Maria Betiana Angulo Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Sargento Cabral 2131, Casilla de Correo 209, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
Maria Helena Alves Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Campus Universitário Parnaíba-CP, Bairro Reis Velloso , CEP. 64202-020-Parnaíba/PI, Brazil.
Matthew Struebig Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NR. UK.
Mehdi Heydari Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam Province, Iran.
Mohammad Naghi Adel Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Somehsara, Iran.
Mohammed S.A. Ammar National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Attaqa, Suez, Egypt.
Mohan Kukreti Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Mohsen Javanmiri Pour Faculty of Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
P.M. Mohan Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair 744112, Andamans and Nicobar Islands, India.
Pace Loretta Giuseppina Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Via Giovanni di Vincenzo, 67100 L'Aquila, Italia.
Pamela J. Schofield U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Paulo Teixeira Lacava Departamento de Morfologia e Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, CEP. 13565-905, SP, Brasil.
Rajesh Kumar Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat 785001, Assam, India.
Rehmanullah Khan Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan.
Ricardo Moran Lopez Departamento Anatomia, Biologia Cellular y Zoologia, Facultad de Ciencas, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas s/n 06071-Badajoz, Espana.
Sabine Kleinsteuber Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig 04318, Germany.
Sandra Skowronek Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany.
Senthilarasu Gunasekaran Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sevvandi Jayakody Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila, Sri Lanka.
Sharad Tiwari Biotechnology Centre, J. N. Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur 482004, India.
Shinya Numata Department of Tourism Science, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan.
Shweta Kumari Singh Biosystematic Laboratory, School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh IP University, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
Sigit Wiantoro Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong-Bogor 16911, Indonesia.
Soleiman Mohammadi Limaei Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Somehsara, Iran.
Sri Rahayu Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bogor 16911, West Java, Indonesia.
Sudam Charan Sahu Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore, Bangaluru 560012, Karnataka, India.
Sumit Srivastava Plant Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Susan M. Tsang Department of Biology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, USA.
Susanta Chakraborty Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, West Bengal, India.
Sutarno Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta 57126, Central Java, Indonesia.
Tanumi Kumar Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area (EPSA), Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Jodhpur Tekra, Ahmedabad 380015, India.
Tarja Lehto School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Tatsuya Kaga Osaka Animal Plants Ocean College, 1-7-3 Sangenyahigashi, Taisho, Osaka 551-0002, Japan.
Tirshem K. Kaushik Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India.
Victor Rafael M. Coimbra Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas (CCB), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, CEP. 50670-420, Pernambuco, Brasil.
Vladimir K. Golovanov I.D. Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences (IBIW), Borok, 152742, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
Wibowo Mangunwardoyo Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, West Java, Indonesia.
William D. Anderson Jr. Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston 29412-9110, South Carolina, USA.
Xingzhong Liu State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China.
Yahya Kooch Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor 46417- 76489, Mazandaran, Iran.
Yiping Ren Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China.
Table of Contents
Vol. 15, No. 1, Pp. 1-107, April 2014
GENETIC DIVERSTY
Growth hormone genotyping by MspI restriction enzyme and PCR-RFLP method in Aceh cattle breed at Indrapuri District, Aceh Province, Indonesia
1-5
SPECIES DIVERSTY
Four newly recorded species of Dryopteridaceae from Kashmir valley, India 6-11 Distribution of mangrove species reported as rare in Andaman and Nicobar islands with their
taxonomical notes
12-23
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSTY
Endophytic fungi associated with endogenous Boswellia sacra 24-30
How plant diversity features change across ecologicalspecies groups? A case study of a temperate deciduous forest in northern Iran
31-38 A comparative study on plant diversity in alder (Alnus subcordata) stands of natural and plantation
areas
39-47 Zelkova carpinifolia reservoir from Hyrcanian Forests, Northern Iran, a new sacrifice of Ophiostoma
novo-ulmi
48-52 Structure and spatial pattern of land uses patches in the Zagros Mountains region in the west of Iran 53-59 Reaction and fractal description of soil bio-indicator to human disturbance in lowland forests of Iran 60-66 The threates on the biodiversity of Bisotun Wildlife Refuge and Bisotun Protected Area (BPA & BWR)
in the west region of Iran
67-74 Conservation status and distribution pattern of the Indus River Dolphin in River Beas, India 75-79 Birds of Lansdowne forest division and adjacent suburban landscapes, Garhwal Himalayas,
Uttarakhand, India: Community structure and seasonal distribution
80-88
ETHNOBIOLOGY
Diversity and use of ethnomedicinal plants in coastal Karnataka, India 89-93 Plants utilization by the communities of Bharsar and adjoining area of Pauri Garhwal District,
Uttarakhand, India
94-100
SHORT COMMUNICATION
A new variety of Pholiota microspora (Berk.) Sacc. (Agaricales) from Nepal 101-103 A new record of Giganthias immaculatus Katayama, 1954 (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indonesia 104-107
Vol. 15, No. 2, Pp. 109-259, October 2014 GENETIC DIVERSTY
Genetic diversity of Daemonorops draco (Palmae) using ISSR markers 109-114 SPECIES DIVERSTY
Diversity of coprophilous species of Panaeolus (Psathyrellaceae, Agaricales) from Punjab, India 115-130
New records of Pteridophytes for Kashmir Valley, India 131-136
Epidermal studies of three species of Vernonia Schreb. in Southern Nigeria 137-141
Morphometric variations of three species of harvested cephalopods found in northern sea of Aceh Province, Indonesia
142-146
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSTY
Short-term abandonment of human disturbances in Zagros Oak forest ecosystems: Effects on secondary succession of soil seed bank and aboveground vegetation
147-161 The amount and quality of dead trees in a mixed beech forest with different management histories in
northern Iran
162-168 Inventory of trees in tropical dry deciduous forests of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, India 169-179 Biology of black bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) fifty years after the introduction in a small
drainage of the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil
180-185 Spatial gradients in freshwater fish diversity, abundance and current pattern in the Himalayan region of
Upper Ganges Basin, India
186-194 Composition, abundance and diversity of the Family Cichlidae in Oyan Dam, Ogun State, Nigeria 195-199 Biological and functional diversity of bird communities in natural and human modified habitats in
Northern Flank of Knuckles Mountain Forest Range, Sri Lanka
200-205 The effect of natural and planted forest stands on soil fertility in the Hyrcanian region, Iran 206-214 Vegetation analysis of Samin watershed, Central Java as water and soil conservation efforts 215-223 Effect of ecotourism on plant biodiversity in Chelmir zone of Tandoureh National Park, Khorasan
Razavi Province, Iran
224-228
ETHNOBIOLOGY
Plant diversity in the homegardens of Karwar, Karnataka, India 229-235
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Rediscovery a remnant habitat of a critically endangered species, Hopea sangal, in Pasuruan District, East Java, Indonesia
236-239 Effect of skid trails on the regeneration of commercial tree species at Balah Forest Reserve, Kelantan,
Malaysia
240-244 Flora, life form and chorological study of Quercus brantii habitat in Emamzadeh Abdullah woodland,
Iran
245-250 New records of Sonneratia spp. from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 251-260 A new record of naturalized Selaginella uncinata (Desv.) Spring (Selaginellaceae) from Java, Indonesia 261-268
