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M/s Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Plant Diversity in the Himalaya Hotspot Region Vol 2 by Das Abhaya Prasad & Subir Bera
The book entitled Plant Diversity in the Himalaya Hotspot Region (A Volume to Celebrate the Completion of University Service of Dr.Abhaya Prasad Das), edited by two eminent teachers of Plant Science, Prof.Abhaya Prasad Das and Prof.SubirBera, is an attempt to review the works on flora and vegetation all along the Himalaya Hotspot region and extending to the North-east India. Apart from major categories of Plant Kingdom (algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms) and microbial groups like bacteria and fungi were also included in the volume. Article in this 2-volume book has been presented under eleven sections: I. Overview (1-article); II. Flora: Extant (11-articles); III. Flora: Extinct (3-articles); IV. Vegetation Structure: Through Remote Sensing (3-articles); V. Vegetation Structure: Migration (2-articles); VI. Vegetation Structure: Functional Attributes (5-articles); VII. Climate Change vis-à-vis Vegetation (4-articles); VIII. Systematics (2-articles): IX. Traditional Uses (3-articles); X. Ethnopharmacology (2-articles); and XI. Conservation Activities (7-articles). In total there are 43 articles in the book.