Issue · 1989
Vol. 39, Iss. 4
10 articles · All issues →
ArticlesThe effect of land uses on the permeability and physical characteristics of soil in different regions of Northern Watersheds
Muhammad Hanif, Bashir Hussain Shah
Results of a study on the effect of different land uses on the physical characteristics of soil are presented. Permeability, bulk density, porosity, moisture holding capacity and texture of soil were observed under forests, agriculture and range vegetation at…
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Review of research on multipurpose tree species in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui
The term multipurpose tree species with acronym of MPTS has been introduced in forestry literature only recently, though, the history of use of such tree species is very old. Almost all trees are multipurpose, some more so than the others. In the early fifties…
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Modelling for determnation of biomass of Acacia nilotica, Acacia albida, Acacia tortilis and Prosopis cineraria in arid areas
Raja Walayat Hussain
Energy crisis demands determination of total biomass for estimation of fuel wood from trees of different sizes. Biomass in green form of four species grown in arid conditions was determined using five growth models. Out of these, allometric model gave a better…
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Nitrogen contribution of Acacia modesta in two soil series of Lohi Behr range
Nasir M. Butt, Noor Mohammad, Rex D. Pieper
Phulai (Acacia modesta) is a widely distributed species in northern Pakistan. It has high forage and fuel wood value. Its nitrogen contributing potential to soil was studied at Lohi Behr Range. Soil samples were taken under and outside of the canopy of phulai…
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Introduction of Paulowina in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui, M. Khan
Paulownia is the only tree genus in the family Scrophulariaceae which is primarily herbaceous. The genus has nine species of fast growing trees indigenous to China with wide distribution from 18 to 40° North latitudes and from 100 to 128° East longitudes…
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A note of willow diseases in Phander Areas, Gilgit
Zakaullah
Intro: During recent visits to the Northern Areas of Pakistan, three diseases of willows: canker, witche's-broom and shiny-black oily secretion incited by a bacterium, Mycoplasma-Like Bodies and aphids respectively were recorded. Bacterial canker was more comm…
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Preliminary observations on efficacy of bio-technical techniques for road fill slope stabilization
Bashir Hussain Shah
Preliminary data on the efficacy of biotechnical techniques for critical slope stabilization at two sites ate presented in the paper. Six biotechnical techniques viz; brush layering, brush hedge layering, brush wattles, sodding, saccharum hedges and contour tr…
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Vegetation changes due to closure at Jaba Sheep Farm
Mohammad Noor
An area of two hectare was fenced in July, 1976 at Jaba, District Mansehra to find out the effect of protection on the vegetation. In October, 1980. Changes in the vegetation characteristics inside and outside the closure were compared. Average air dry forage…
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Seminar on problems affecting range and pasture land development in Himalayan region (November 20-26, 1989) Home and Foreign News
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Home and Foreign News Seminar on problems affecting range and pasture land development in Himalayan region (November 20-26, 1989)
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Seminar on Intensive Forest management (October 21, 1989, Peshawar) Home and Foreign News
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Home and Foreign News Seminar on Intensive Forest management (October 21, 1989, Peshawar)
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