Influence of anthropogenic pressure on regeneration status of for-est species along a river transect in Sub-Montane Himalayan region

For studying the influence of anthropogenic pressure on regeneration of forest species total 12 forest stands perpendicular to a river course were selected. The study site was severely impacted by anthropogenic disturbances. In the stands complete dominance by any one species was lacking except one stand where sal (Shorea robusta) species grew pure. In the present study the tree and sapling diversity was low in the stands located near the river bed with high anthropogenic disturbance. As the distance between the riverbed and stands increases the diversity increased. Similar pattern was also observed with the species richness. Richness increases on the stands which are far away from the riverbed with comparatively low anthropogenic disturbances. In the study area the regeneration of non-fodder species like Mallotus phillipensis had batter regeneration than good fodder species.