Ashish Paul,^1,*,** Sanjeeb Bharali,^2,*** Mohamed Latif Khan,^3,**** Om Prakash Tripathi<sup>4,*****

1</sup>1Department of Botany Rajiv Gandhi University Rono Hills, Doimukh - 791112 Arunachal Pradesh, India
²2Department of Environmental Studies North Eastern Hill University Shillong - 793022 Meghalaya, Indi
³3Department of Botany Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University Sagar - 470003 Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴4Department of Forestry North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed Universit

^*Corresponding author: ashishpaul1@gmail.com
^**Ashish Paul is a UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Botany at the Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Ashish received his M.Sc., M.Phil. in Ecology, and Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Science from Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India. His research focuses on agro-biodiversity, forest ecology, biodiversity conservation, especially in the field of plant diversity, their ecology and management and regeneration ecology.
^***Sanjeeb Bharali is a UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Studies at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. He has done his Doctoral Research on Diversity and regeneration of the Rhododendron species along altitudinal gradients in the Himalayan Region of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. His research interest is on forest ecology and biodiversity conservation.
^****Mohamed Latif Khan is a Professor in the Department of Botany at the Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhaya Pradesh, India. He is specialized in forest ecology, biodiversity conservation, phylogeny, and genetic diversity of plant species. His field of research interest is the evaluation on the regeneration status of forest trees, exploration on germplasm of bamboo and cane, conservation of endangered plant species, analysis and monitoring the biodiversity of sacred groves, mapping and quantitative assessment, population status, and geographic distribution of plant resources.
^*****Om Prakash Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. His thrust area in research includes remote sensing and GIS, forest ecology, biodiversity conservation, population biology, biomass estimation, and LULC dynamics.