INVENTORYING AND MONITORING OF ALPINE SPECIFIC GENERA AND SPECIES OF HARAMOSH AND BAGRAOTE VALLEYS., (KARAKORAM RANGE) GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN

Both valleys are the part of the Karakoram range that lying in the north-eastern side of the capital city Gilgit (Fig. 1) between 35.50 36.5° N latitude and 74.54° E longitude, covering an area of 2340 sq.km (Khan and Khatoon, 2007). The alpine zone has a fragmental and highly scattered distribution over the mountain system of the Karakoram Range. The large alpine areas are concentrated in the upper villages of both valleys with more than 60 mountain peaks acceding 4000m. The area is surrounded by high mountains of the Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindukush Ranges (Perkin, 2003). Both valleys are the part of the Eastern Irano-Turanian sub-region. This sub-region is confined to the northern mountainous region of Pakistan and Kashmir between 35°36° NL (Ali and Qaiser, 1986). The alpine zone includes the upper most reaches of the entire region from 3500m to permanent snow line. The word “Alpine” is normally used to denote a mountainous region above the tree-line or timberline, lacking tree habitation (Noroozi et al., 2008), but abounding in low herbs and a few shrubs. Inventorying of biodiversity is the baseline study for the exploration of the earth surface and conservation, sustainable use, and management of the biodiversity elements and monitor changes over the passage of time, (Stork and Samways, 1995). Thus, baseline inventorying and monitoring information is a necessary first step in conservation of biodiversity elements. During an inventory of a region the collected voucher specimens are crucial to obtain accurate identification of plants present in a study area (Dugan et al., 2007). All living beings obtain their life support material from their environment. The twentieth century was the warmest century, and 1990 to 2000 was the warmest decade, of the past millennium (Hardy, 2003) and warming trends have been Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 55(3), 595-601; 2018 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/18.4998 http://www.pakjas.com.pk

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  2018

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  Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

• Publication date

  2018-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.21162/PAKJAS/18.4998
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