Dry Matter Dynamics of Capillipedium Community of Garhwal Himalaya

Abstract

Present study deals net primary production and dry matter structure in Capillilipedium- Pinus community of temperate grazingland of Garhwal Himalaya. Five sites were selected for the study, in which four were open, and one site is protected, located on south-east, east-north, east-south, north-west aspects. Four sites were subjected to biotic interference treated as grazing-land and one site is used as agriculture land (Protected site). Mostly grasses paid highest green biomass contribution on all sites. ANP ranged from 83.82 gm^-2yr^-1 to 542.08 gm^-2 yr^-1 while BNP ranged from 128 gm^-2yr^-1 to 474g m^-2 yr^-1 on all sites. Winter season was severe and long with food accumulation in belowground parts that is utilized in next growing season. The objective of the present study was to determine the net primary production, its annual transfer dynamics and the system transfer functions of the inter-compartmental changes in a temperate grazingland dominated by Capillipedium parviflorum