<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A study was conducted in an oak forest, to find out the relationship of stand structure, aspect and regeneration of species. Among all disturbance stands the density of banj oak <italic>Quercus leucotrichophora</italic> A. Camus individuals was peaked at 40–50 cm and 50–60 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) classes and low tree density was observed with the increasing DBH classes. North aspect showed higher density for most of girth classes as compared to south facing aspect. Among all the stands, low seedling density was recorded in undisturbed stand at south facing aspect as compared to the moderately and highly disturbed stands. The tree density of <italic>Q. leucotrichophora</italic> was higher in the undisturbed stand followed by moderately disturbed and highly disturbed stand. But in case of seedling density the higher density were observed at undisturbed and highly disturbed stand in both of the aspects.</p></abstract>

A study was conducted in an oak forest, to find out the relationship of stand structure, aspect and regeneration of species. Among all disturbance stands the density of banj oak Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus individuals was peaked at 40–50 cm and 50–60 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) classes and low tree density was observed with the increasing DBH classes. North aspect showed higher density for most of girth classes as compared to south facing aspect. Among all the stands, low seedling density was recorded in undisturbed stand at south facing aspect as compared to the moderately and highly disturbed stands. The tree density of Q. leucotrichophora was higher in the undisturbed stand followed by moderately disturbed and highly disturbed stand. But in case of seedling density the higher density were observed at undisturbed and highly disturbed stand in both of the aspects.

Effect of stand structure and aspect on the regeneration of banj oak (<italic>Quercus leucotrichophora</italic> A. Camus) forest along disturbance in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

Department of Forestry, Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Forestry Studies

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Effect of stand structure and aspect on the regeneration of banj oak ( A. Camus) forest along disturbance in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

A study was conducted in an oak forest, to find out the relationship of stand structure, aspect and regeneration of species. Among all disturbance stands the...

Effect of stand structure and aspect on the regeneration of banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) forest along disturbance in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 33 - 39

Received: May 09, 2018

Accepted: Sep 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2018-0003

Keywords
disturbance, north aspect, south aspect, tree density, seedling density

© 2018 Vikaspal Singh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Effect of stand structure and aspect on the regeneration of banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) forest along disturbance in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 33 - 39

Received: May 09, 2018

Accepted: Sep 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2018-0003

Keywordsdisturbance, north aspect, south aspect, tree density, seedling density

© 2018 Vikaspal Singh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
disturbance, north aspect, south aspect, tree density, seedling density