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APPENDIX 1 List of plant species encountered from the study area. Life-form abbreviations are as follows: Ph = Phanerophytes; Ch = Chamaephytes; He = Hemicryptophytes; Ge = Geophytes, Th = Therophytes
APPENDIX 1 (Cont.)
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FIGURE 1. Location map of Sikkim Himalaya showing the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR) (dashed shading)
FIGURE 2. Annual rainfall and temperature of Dzongri alpine meadow in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim Himalaya
FIGURE 3. Major families and number of plant species encountered in the alpine pasture study area in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim Himalaya
FIGURE 4. Life-form spectra of various alpine plants in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim Himalaya
FIGURE 5. Temporal distribution of flowering in alpine plants at Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim Himalaya
TABLE 1 Physical and chemical properties of soils of the alpine zone in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve of the Sikkim Himalaya (±1 SE)
TABLE 2 Statistical analysis of the alpine plants of the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve
TABLE 3 Structure of alpine vegetation in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (±1 SE). Where the species was either absent or not encountered in the sampling quadrats, the cell is marked with a dash (—); A/F is abundance/frequency ratio
TABLE 4 Species richness, diversity, equitability, and concentration of dominance of alpine vegetation (± 1 SE)
TABLE 5 Economic plant wealth of alpine region in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve
TABLE 5 (Cont.)
TABLE 6 Nutrient concentration of dominant alpine plant species in the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (±1 SE)
