Issue · 1987
Vol. 37, Iss. 3
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ArticlesForestry Abstracts publishes its 250000th Abstract CAB News (Home and Foreign News)
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Forestry Abstracts publishes its 250000th Abstract CAB News (Home and Foreign News)
25 May 2024- Articles
Wood consumption for sports goods Industry in Sialkot
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Saliheen Khan, R. W. Hussain
Sialkot become the world centre for the production of sports goods in the early 20th century. Raw material was available from Kashmir and irrigated plantations of the Punjab. Presently, 250 manufacturing units are engaged in production of sports goods; 50 unit…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Importance of habitat for conservation and development of wildlife
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Destruction of vegetation in all parts of the country, starting from the coastal zone to the Alpine pastures has continued unabated since ages. The process has not only destabilized the fragile ecosytems but also has resulted in steep decrease in the wildlife…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Rooting of lignotubers of some Eucalypts with Indole - 3 Butyric Acid
A. B. I. Igboanugo
Lignotubers, obtained from three year old seedling of Eucalyptus cloeziana, E. tereticronis and E. grandis growing in the nursery, were soaked in 25,50, 75 and 100ppm concentrations of Indole-3 Butyric Acid (IBA) and in distilled water for 3, 6, 12 and 24 hour…
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Performance of tools in tree felling and conversion in Changa Manga Forest Plantation
M. Ayaz
The performance of conventional and improved hand tools in tree felling and conversion was tested in Changa Manga Plantation in the basis of labour productively and workload. The results of time and heart rate studies showed that the improved tools demanded 12…
25 May 2024 - Articles
New hosts of some parasitic fungi from N.W.F.P. Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir
Zakaullah, Jehan Ara, Abdul Jabbar
During several surveys carried out in 1986 and 1987 in the North-West Frontier Province, Northern Areas and the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a sizeable collection of fungi was made. Of this, 12 fungi were recorded parasitising a dozen new hosts including t…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Vegetation of the Flood plains of river Indus near Attock Khurd, Punjab, Pakistan
S. M. Chughtai, Jehandar Shah, Syed Zahir Shah, Sardar Hussain Shah
The unstable sites were dominated by different sets of early colonizers largely depending upon the availability of moisture and the coarser fraction of soil. In moderately wet new alluvial lands, Saccharum spontaneum was the leading dominant; on relatively dri…
25 May 2024