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100	1		_932299 _aKumar-Banerjee, A.
245	1	0	_aShrubs in tropical forest ecosystems : _bExamples from India
260			_aWhashington D.C (United States of America) : _bThe World Bank, _c1989.
300			_aix, 132 pages
490			_aWorld Bank Technical Paper _v103
520			_aShrubs are a long-neglected life form in the forest ecosystem, playing many roles in the life not only of the forest itself but also of the human community that depends on the forest. The planting of shrubs, separately and along with tree crops, should be encouraged in all afforestation programmes in tropical countries. If used correctly, shrubs can act as barriers to water run-off, increase in situ soil and moisture conservation, provide a continuous supply of biomass for use as fuel and fodder, particularly by the poor, and act as inexpensive live fences. Although there are many books on the subject of shrubs in the disciplines of botany and forestry, few emphasise shrubs separately from trees. This paper considers shrubs' potential role in solving the fuelwood and fodder crisis in the biomass-deficient tropical world, which is being aggravated by deforestation. This paper also serves as a useful handbook of shrubs for practising foresters, ecologists, agriculturists and soil conservationists. The first part of this paper concentrates on shrubs' presence in nature, their characteristics, their growth features and their usefulness. Examples, drawn from India, may be applied with appropriate modifications to all tropical forest lands. Propagation methods to multiply shrubs and shrub management are also dealt with in this part. In the second part, 81 shrubs are briefly described with respect to distribution, phenological characteristics, nursery and planting methods and appropriate locality factors.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_2AGROVOC _932300 _aForest ecosystems
650		7	_2AGROVOC _917600 _aTropical forests
650		7	_aNatural resources _2AGROVOC _97608
650		7	_aAgro-industrial sector _2AGROVOC _923672
650		7	_aDeveloping countries _2AGROVOC _93229
651		7	_93726 _aIndia _2AGROVOC
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