Plant Community Structure and Dynamics: a Case of Western Kachchh, Gujarat

Tropical desert thorn forest is the most vulnerable ecosystem in the world and few remaining patches occur in the Gujarat state (i.e. in Kachchh district). Since last few decades such unique forest ecosystem facing the threats of extinction, hence it is needed to adopt a feasible conservation approach. Here in this book, habitat based approach was used to identifying most diverse and vulnerable forest patches within the ecosystem. Various qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed and also tested the results with various statistical experiments. On the basis of the results, herewith suggesting various conservation strategies and research priorities. Here it was also suggested that, there should be active participation of local stake holders. Special emphasis was also given to flora of conservation significance