ECOLOGICAL STUDIES

• Erodibility status of forest soils under different forest ecosystems in H.P. was assessed and infiltration studies carried out.
  
  
• Vegetation survey and ecological studies in Silver Fir and Spruce forests of' H.P. carried out.
  
  
• Autecological studies on various species including Ailanthus glandulosa, Copparis spinosa Cotoneaster microphylla, Rosa webbiana, and Hippophea rhamnoides carried out.
  
  
• Survey of indigenous poplars including Populus ciliata, P. alba and P. euphratica as to their distribution and extent was undertaken in Himachal Pradesh.