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Impacts of Agriculture Land use Changes on Mobile Pastoral System in Naran Valley of Western Himalayan Northern Pakistan

Muhammad Khurshid, Muhammad Nafees, Inam-ur-Rahim and Wajid Rashid

Understanding the Role of Agriculture Encroachment in Pastoral Resources Degradation in Western Himalaya of Northern Pakistan

Muhammad Khurshid1,2*, Muhammad Nafees1, Mehmet Somuncu2

Geographic Variation of the Large Red Flying Squirrel, Petaurista albiventer (Gray, 1834) (Rodentia: Sciuridae), with a Description of a New Subspecies in Southwestern China

Song Li^1,* and Zuojian Feng²

Morphometrics of Apis mellifera after Five Decades of its Introduction in North-Western Himalayan Region of India

Mohammed M. Ibrahim^1,2*, Y.S. Chandel¹and Anil³

Ecofriendly biointensive pest management modules in cowpea under sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India

Sumit K. Satpathi¹, Suprakash Pal^2*, Rupsanatan Mandal², Nonigopal Shit² and Ashutosh Sarkar³

Threats of Global Warming for Pakistans Agriculture: An Evidence from Shigari Kalan Watershed, Skardu

Muhammad Zulfiqar^1*, Muhammad Jamal Khan¹, Irshad Khan Abbasi², Muhammad Tariq², Jawad Ali³, Melad Karim⁴and Rizwan Ahmad¹

Diversity and Altitudinal Distribution of Squamata in Two Distinct Ecological Zones of Dir, A Himalayan Sub-Zone of Northern Pakistan

Qaisar Jamal¹, Muhammad Idrees¹, Saif Ullah², Muhammad Adnan¹, Farrah Zaidi¹, Qaiser Zaman^1,3 and Syed Basit Rasheed^1,*

... jerdonii, Asymblepharus himalayanus, Eurylepis taeniolatus, Eutropis dissimilis and Varanus bengalensis) and 16 species of snakes (Eryx johnii, Amphiesma stolatum, Boiga trigonata, Lycodon striatus, Oligodon arnensis, Oligodon taeniolatus, Platyceps rhodorachis, Platyceps ventromaculatus, Ptyas mucosus, Spalerosophis atriceps, Xenochrophis piscator, Gloydius himalayanus, Bungarus caeruleus, Naja oxiana, Typhlo...

RAPD based Genetic Diversity of Endangered Himalayan Gray Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) Populations of Pakistan

Riaz Aziz Minhas^1,*, Muhammad Nasim Khan¹, Muhammad Siddique Awan¹, Basharat Ahmad¹, Syda Shaista Bibi¹, Mohsin Hanif¹ and Afsar Mian²

Breeding Ecology of Chukor Partridge (Alectoris chukar) in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Tariq Mahmood^1,*, Ijaz Ahmad¹, Faraz Akrim¹, Abdul Hamid¹, Muhammad Waseem¹, Abid Hussain¹and Muhammad Sajid Nadeem²

Northern Himalayan Region of Pakistan with Cold and Wet Climate Favors a High Prevalence of Wheat Powdery Mildew

Muhammad Rameez Khan¹, Muhammad Imtiaz², Farhatullah³, Sohail Ahmad¹ and Sajid Ali^1*

Distribution, Dietary Breadth and Niche Overlap between Two Sympatric Mongoose Species Inhabiting Pir Lasura National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Faraz Akrim^1,2, Tariq Mahmood^1,*, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem³, Siddiqa Qasim¹, Shaista Andleeb¹ and Hira Fatima¹

Faunal Assemblages of the Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Chichali Gorge Section, Surghar Range, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan

Abdur Rauf Nizami*

Seasonal Variation in the Diet of Himalayan Grey Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) in Machiara National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Fiza Asif^1,*, Muhammad Siddique Awan¹, Nasra Ashraf¹, Nuzhat Shafi¹, Abdul Rauf¹, Khizra Bano¹, Muhammad Razzaq² and Naeem Iftikhar Dar²

Molecular Characterization of Subfamily Schizothoracinae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) using Complete Sequence of Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Gene

Tasleem Akhtar^1,2,Ghazanfar Ali^1,*, Nuzhat Shafi²and Abdul Rauf²

Study of Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB) on Maize (Zea mays L.) Genotypes and its Effect on Yield

Tahsin Razzaq*, Muhammad Fareed Khan and Shahid Iqbal Awan

Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw, 1932 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) A Data Deficient Potentially Threatened Species

Ahmed Zia*

Antibacterial Activity and Tolerance towards Heavy Metals by Endolithic and Epilithic Bacteria Isolated from Rocks of Nathiagali, Lower Himalaya, Pakistan

Barkat Ali^1,2, Wasim Sajjad^1,2,3, Imran Khan¹, Muhammad Rafiq¹, Sahib Zada¹, Aamer Ali Shah¹ and Fariha Hasan^1,*

Primary Evaluation of Seed Characteristics of Common Bean Landraces Collected from Himalaya Region of Pakistan

Iffat Nawaz^1*, Farhatullah¹, Fida Muhammad¹, Sajid Ali² and Ghulam Muhammad Ali³

Development of an Allometric Model for Biomass Estimation of Pinus roxburghii, Growing in Subtropical Pine Forests of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Anwar Ali^1*, Muhammad Irfan Ashraf², Saeed Gulzar² and Muhammad Akmal²

First Record of Carebara raja (Forel, 1902) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Pakistan

Muhammad Tariq Rasheed¹, Imran Bodlah¹*, Ammara Gull e Fareen^1,2, Muhammad Shakeel Khokhar¹

Biomass Allometric Equations of Naturally Growing Cedrus deodara in Dry Temperate Forests Ecosystems

Abdul Raqeeb^1,3, Syed Moazzam Nizami^2,4*, Aamir Saleem³, Lubna Ansari³, Saeed Gulzar³, Basit Ali³, Masooma Saleem⁵

A New Species of the Genus Carniella Thaler & Steinberger from the Nepal Himalayas (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Andrei V. Tanasevitch¹and Yuri M. Marusik^2,3,4,*

Ateeq Ahmad¹, Umar Hayat², Shahid Ali²*, Hazrat Bilal³, Naveed Ali2, Khan Mir Khan⁴ and Khalid Khan⁴

Descriptive Analysis of Water Resources in Pakistan: A Perspective of Climate Change

Habitat Characteristics and Preference of Himalayan Ibex (Capra ibex sibrica) in Hushe Valley in Central Karakorum National Park, Pakistan

Ghulam Raza¹*, Maqsood Anawar², Muhammad Akbar¹, Muhammad Ali¹, Alamdar Hussain¹, Azhar Hussain³ and Tanveer Hussain⁴

Conflicts Involving Brown Bear and Other Large Carnivores in the Kalam Valley, Swat, Pakistan

Arshad Ali¹, Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak²*, Muhammad Ali Nawaz³ and Shoaib Hameed³

Evaluation of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Land Races based on Qualitative Traits Derived from Himalayan, Andean and Mesoamerican regions

Iffat Nawaz¹*, Tahseen Zeb¹, Bibi Saima Zeb² and Javaria Sherani³

Hunting Pressure on Migratory Demoiselle Cranes in Pakistan

Misbah Sarwar¹*, Abdul Hamid² and Iftikhar Hussain²

Human Perceptions about the Himalayan Brown Bear and other Carnivores in Chitral District in the Hindu Kush Range, Pakistan

Shoaib Hameed¹, Shakeel Ahmad¹, Jaffar Ud Din² and Muhammad Ali Nawaz³*

Land use and Cover Changes in the Northern Mountains of Pakistan; A Spatio-Temporal Change using MODIS (MCD12Q1) Time Series

Shakeel Ahmad¹, Muhammad Israr²*, Rasheed Ahmed³, Anam Ashraf¹, Muhammad Amin⁴ and Nafees Ahmad⁵

An Investigation into Competencies of High School Teachers Teaching Agriculture in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ and K)

Ghulam Qadar* and Khalid Nawab

Relative Abundance of Mammalian Fauna of Chitral Gol National Park, Pakistan

Muhammad Younis¹, Sami Ullah¹, Fathul Bari¹, Muhammad Asif², Muhammad Ilyas², Mahvish Rauf², Ejaz Ur Rehman³, Rubina Noor⁴, Muhammad Arif⁴ and Muhammad Ali Nawaz⁵*

Breeding Ecology of Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) in Northeastern Himalayan, Pakistan

Muhammad Furqan¹*, Zulfiqar Ali¹, Muhammad Mudassar Shahzad², Rida Ahmad¹, Haqnawaz Yousaf³ and Imad Ul Din Zangi⁴

Conflict Between Himalayan Palm Civet (Paguma larvata) and Local Community for Food Competition in District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Tariq Ahmad¹*, Anum Razzaq²*, Li Bo¹, Faiz ur Rehman³, Gul Saba², Omama Saqib¹, Saif Ullah² and Muhammad Suliman¹

Genetic Diversity Within and Among Populations of Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss. from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Revealed by RAPD Markers

Tanvir Hussain^1,2*, Kafeel Ahmad², Muhammad Bilal Zia¹, Hammad Uddin¹, Khalid Hussain¹, Muhammad Inamulla Khan³ and Said Akhtar Khan¹

Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar, a New Generic Record from Sub-Himalayan Forests of Pakistan

Annum Razzaq¹*, Zia Ullah², Arooj Naseer¹ and Abdul Nasir Khalid¹

...ungi from forests of sub-himalayas, Bhurban, Punjab, Pakistan, a unique fungus Asterophora lycoperdoides found growing on a decaying Russula species. Previously, no species of Asterophora has been described so far from Pakistan. Descriptions and illustrations are made using morpho-anatomical details. Moreover, molecular techniques have been used to amplify its ITS region of nrDNA and sequenced for phylogenetic analyses. This genus is a new...

An Analysis of Glacial Retreat and Resultant Vegetation Expansion in the Karakorum: A case study of Passu Glacier in Hunza valley

NAUSHEEN MAZHAR*, ALI IQTADAR MIRZA**, SAHAR ZIA*, ZAYANAH SOHAIL BUTT*, MEMUNA GHAFOOR SHAHID*** & ALI IMAM MIRZA**

Species Complexity of Order Odonata in District Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Inayat ul Islam¹, Rooh Ullah¹, Ahmed Zia², Abdul Rauf Bhatti²*, Maryum Ilyas², Sohail Hayat¹ and Khabab Hayat¹

PROXIMATE, MACRO ELEMENTAL AND GC-MS ANALYSIS OF Sorbaria tomentosa

Shabnam Javed1, Amna Shoaib2 and Zaid Mehmood1

Assessment of Climate Sensitivity of Himalayan Fir (Abies pindrow) Grown in Ayubia National Park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khalid Hussain*, Tanvir Hussain, Zahid Rauf and Nowsherwan Zarif

SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ETHNO BOTANICAL STUDY OF ALLAI VALLEY IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF PAKISTAN

Shujaul Mulk Khan,SHER ASLAM KHAN,Muhammad Saeed,Shah Masaud Khan,Ijaz Hussain,Muhammad Liaqat,Sardar Ali,Muhammad Abbas Khan

A study on fiber morphology of some hardwood species growing in Lalkoo, Swat for assessing their suitability for pulp and paper manufacturing

Tanvir Hussain¹, Said Akhtar², Khalid Hussain³* and Zahid Rauf⁴

Assessment of Pinus gerardiana tree carbon stock in Chilgoza forest of Suleiman range, Pakistan

Pervez Manan¹, Farhat Jabeen¹ and Ahmad Zamir²

Economic evaluation of ecotourism: evidence from forests resorts of Murree hills of Pakistan

Rukhsana Kausar¹, Mamoona Wali Muhammad² and Mian Muhammad Shafiq³

Development of forest Ecozones of Punjab

Muhammad Afzal, Aqeela Mobeen Akhtar and M. Mahboob-ur-Rahman

Inter-species grafting of Chalghoza pine scion-wood on chir pine root - stock

Mohammad Khan

The current use of forage resources of the northern mountainous region of NWFP, Pakistan and its implications for sustainable development

Sardar Muhammad Rafique

Tarbela watershed management project historical prospective, impact, lessons learnt

Mohammad Iqbal Swati

Contribution of livestock to the conservation of biodiversity of Palas valley

Klaus Euler and Zulfiqar Ali Qazi

Distribution and morphometry of 11 different genera of basidiomycetes collected from natural forests and plantations

Muhammad Arif Chaudhary and Ejaz Ahmed

Single tree selection system in moist temperate forests of Pakistan: A Review

Ayaz Khan Marwat, Anwar Ali and Saz Muhammad

Wood anatomy of Maple (Acer caesium) grown in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Tanvir Hussain, G. M. Nasir and Ayaz Khan Marwat

Faunal bio-diversity of Pakistan (Note)

Mian Muhammad Shafiq

Musk Deer survey in Kabkot Nala, Palas valey, District Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan

Umeed Khalid, Abdul Ghafoor and Naeem Ashraf Raja

Spotlight species on: Juniperus excelsa, M.Bieb.

Muhammad Shabir Mughal

Fuelwood requirement in the Northern Areas of Pakistan

K. M. Siddiqui and Saliheen Khan

Otters in Pakistan

Inayat Ullah Chaudhry

Seminar on problems affecting range and pasture land development in Himalayan region (November 20-26, 1989)
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Survey of Himalayan dwarf mistletoe in the upper Kagan Forests

Zakaullah and Khial Badshah

The Himalayan Ibex

Ghulam Rasul

Seed Storage and Germination studies in Blue Pine

K.M. Siddiqui and Mohammad Pervez

Seeding periodicity in blue pine

K.M. Siddiqui and Mohammad Parvez

Use of entire plants/root shoot cuttings for walnut planting in Murree Hills (Note)

Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh and Abdul Aleem

Pollen dispersion in Himalayan Blue Pine

K.M. Siddiqui and M. Saleem Khattak

Fish Species Composition, Distribution, and Community Structure of a Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot River Diyung, North East India

A.M. Ahmed¹*, R. Dutta¹, H. Pokhrel¹, D. Nath¹, L. Mudoi1, R. Sarmah¹, S.K. Bhagabati¹ and I. Ahmed²

Antioxidant Activities of Aqueous, Methanolic, Ethanolic and Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Himalayapotamon emphysetum Crab

Waqas Ahmad Shams¹*, Gauhar Rehman², Muhammad Ismail³, Rahmul Kabir⁴ and Abdul Qahar¹

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Northern Arabian Sea: Rare Fish Diversity and Biogeographic Affinities

Impact of Different Insect Pollinators Conservation Strategies on the Fruit and Yield Parameters of Round Gourd (Praecitrullus fistulosus L.)

Effect of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Leaf Powder Supplementation on Some Blood Parameters in Broiler Chickens Exposed to Heat Stress

Assessing the Impact of Insect Pest Biodiversity on the Ecological Footprint of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Cultivation in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan