The study investigated the comparative assessment of seasonal herbaceous diversity at disturbed and undisturbed forest sites at Pahalgam and Betab valley of Kashmir. The results revealed that Shannon’s diversity attained maximum value (2.238) at site I to a minimum value (0.421)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/31696
Biochar is a solid material obtained from the carbonization of any biomass including weeds, crop residues and other wastes of plant origin. Biochar plays an important role in climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon in the soil and reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2023/v42i44064
The present study was carried out at Doodhpathri, a forest ecosystem and tourist resort, in the Kashmir valley during 2018 with the objectives of determining the municipal solid waste (MSW) generation at 3 sites in the months of May, June and July and also, the tourist rush (numb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i41709
Anthropogenically disturbed soils have unique properties. In most of the ecosystems, especially under disturbed soil conditions, the soil properties are controlled by the accumulated materials. However, the equilibrium between the already present soil mass and the accumulated soi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42813