Franz Heske

Paper on knowledge on forest zones in West-Himalayan Mountains

Heske F. (1929). Paper on knowledge on forest zones in West-Himalayan Mountains. Acta Forestalia Fennica vol. 34 no. 30 article id 7243. https://doi.org/10.14214/aff.7243

Abstract

The article presents forests on Tehri Garhwal district (former kingdom, now part of India). Most of the area is middle-mountainous area with valleys and hills. The forests in the area belong to three different forest zones: tropical, temperate and alpine. The article presents the characteristics of the forests and vegetation for every zone. 

The volume 34 of Acta Forestalia Fennica is a jubileum publication of professor Aimo Kaarlo Cajander.

Keywords
forest zone; Himalayan; tropical; temperate; alpine

Published in 1929

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