Successional Changes in Himalayan Alpine Vegetation: Two Decades After Removal of Livestock Grazing1

CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA; RAHUL J. SHRIVASTAVA

doi:10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1210:SCIHAV]2.0.CO;2

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1 December 2004 Successional Changes in Himalayan Alpine Vegetation: Two Decades After Removal of Livestock Grazing

CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA, RAHUL J. SHRIVASTAVA

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Weed Technology, 18(sp1):1210-1212 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1210:SCIHAV]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

In India's Valley of Flowers National Park, the density of the Himalayan knotweed differed significantly between stable and unstable habitats. Manual removal of this aggressive and colonizer species will be counterproductive, resulting in replacement by another colonizer, balsam. Eradication of the Himalayan knotweed is also not recommended because it will initiate land instability and hinder the establishment of natural plant communities.

Nomenclature: Balsam, Impatiens sulcata Wall.; Himalayan knotweed, Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meissn.

Additional index words: Colonizers, grazing, Himalayas, livestock, Valley of Flowers.

Abbreviation: VOF, Valley of Flowers.

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CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA and RAHUL J. SHRIVASTAVA "Successional Changes in Himalayan Alpine Vegetation: Two Decades After Removal of Livestock Grazing," Weed Technology 18(sp1), 1210-1212, (1 December 2004). https://doi.org/10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1210:SCIHAV]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 December 2004

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