Professor

(Professor)

My broad areas of research interest include Plant Taxonomy, Ecology and Biodiversity.

My research Lab. with acronym BIOTA (BIOdiversity & TAxonomy) located at Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir (India) uses integrative taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic approaches to contribute towards the documentation, conservation and sustainbale use of plant biodiversity.

 

Books Published:

Biodiversity of the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir State https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-32-9174-4

Field Manual on Alien Flora of Kashmir Himalaya https://link.springer.com/book/9783031338465

Trees and Shrubs of Kashmir: A Phenology Field Guide https://www.amazon.in/Trees-Shrubs-Kashmir-Phenology-Field/dp/9360285870?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2XS6C24SI1O3P#

 

Since last more than one decade, the thrust areas of research in our Lab include:

 

(i) Taxonomic Studies on the Flora of Jammu (Western), Kashmir (North-Western) and Ladakh (Trans-) Himalayas

 

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X18300189; 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-017-1478-6); 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40011-017-0840-5

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/prioritizing-conservation-of-medicinal-flora-in-the-himalayan-biodiversity-hotspot-an-integrated-ecological-and-socioeconomic-approach/4C9B2948FC36B4AD1EDAA5ABD164B5F4

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210803319300028

https://checklist.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=29506

 

(ii) Inventory, Impacts, and Management of Invasive Alien Plants 

 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-006-9032-6; 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-011-9981-2; 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-017-1478-6; 

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00082.1 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-008-9419-z 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393511100123X; 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00750.x

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-019-01775-y

 

(iii) Global Change Ecology with focus on Plant Phenology and Alpine Ecosystems 

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00421/full

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-019-01731-w

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-018-1641-8

https://data.lter-europe.net/deims/site/343

http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/112/03/0595.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718300123?via%3Dihub

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-018-1641-8

 

 (iv) More recently, our Lab has been focussing on Biodiversity Data Synthesis. Some recent databases published include:

 

ToTE: A global database on trees of the treeline econtone (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4309)

Trees of India (ToI) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-023-02659-y)

Plant Biodiversity of Indian Himalayan Region (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-024-02784-2)

  

  • Number of publications : 236  (For full list, View my Resume available at top right side of this webpage under the Faculty Details)

My research interests are supplemented by personal hobbies of travelling, tracking and hiking to high-altitude mountains in Himalayas to photograph the fascinating flowers and the natural landscapes. Luckily my hobbies are inseparably linked to my profession as a botanist and passion for plants as well.

Faculty Details

  • Citations 4832 (GS)
  • HIndex 38 (GS)
  • i10 Index 99 (GS)
  • Email anzarak@uok.edu.in
  • Administrative position Held Coordinator, University Landscape Division
  • Resume View



Research Papers Published

  • "Railways redistribute plant species in mountain landscapes" Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(9): 1967 -1980 {ISSN: 1365-2664} Impact Factor= 6.53
  • "An integrated policy framework and plan of action to prevent and control plant invasions in India" Environmental Science & Policy, 124(1): 64 -72 {ISSN: 1462-9011} Impact Factor= 5.581
  • "Tree diversity, distribution and regeneration in major forest types along an extensive elevational gradient in Indian Himalaya: Implications for sustainable forest management" Forest Ecology and Management, 506(119968): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fore {ISSN: 0378-1127} Impact Factor= 3.558
  • "Elevation and aspect determine the differences in soil properties and plant species diversity on Himalayan mountain summits" Ecological Research, 36(2): 340 -352 {ISSN: 1440-1703} Impact Factor= 1.917
  • "Global maps of soil temperature" Global Change Biology, 28(9): 3110 -3144 {ISSN: 1365-2486} Impact Factor= 10.863
  • "Tree diversity, distribution and regeneration in major forest types along an extensive elevational gradient in Indian Himalaya: Implications for sustainable forest management" Forest Ecology and Management, 506(1): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fore {ISSN: 0378-1127} Impact Factor= 4.384
  • "Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity" Nature, 0(0): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586 {ISSN: 1476-4687} Impact Factor= 50.5
  • "GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants" Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(1): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8 {ISSN: 2688-8319} Impact Factor= 2.6
  • "Alien flora of the Himalayan highlands: naturalised and invasive plants in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India" Biological Invasions, 27(113): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530 {ISSN: 1573-1464} Impact Factor= 2.8
  • "A global synthesis of the ecological effects of co-invasions." Journal of Ecology, 113(3): 570 -581 {ISSN: 1365-2745} Impact Factor= 5.4
  • "Climate effects on belowground tea litter decomposition depend on ecosystem and organic matter types in global wetlands." Environmental Science & Technology, 58(49): 21589 -21603 {ISSN: 0013-936X} Impact Factor= 10.9
  • "Meeting Linnean, Wallacean, and Darwinian shortfalls in global biodiversity hotspots: A model study from the Indian Himalayan Region" Ecological Research, 40(1): 20 -36 {ISSN: 1440-1703} Impact Factor= 1.7
  • "ToTE: A global database on trees of the treeline ecotone" Ecology, 105(6): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.43 {ISSN: 1939-9170} Impact Factor= 4.4

Books Published

  • "Biodiversity of the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir State". Springer, Singapore. {ISBN: 978-981-32-9173-7} pp 1100
  • "Trees and Shrubs of Kashmir: A Phenology Field Guide". Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India. {ISBN: 13:9789360285876} pp 126
  • "Field Manual on Alien Flora of Kashmir Himalaya.". Springer Cham. Switzerland. {ISBN: 978-3-031-33849-6} pp 225

Research Projects Details:

Title of the ProjectFunding AgencyDatedAmount (in Rs.)
Alpine ecosystem dynamics and impact of climate change in Indian Himalaya (PRACRITI-II)Space Applications Centre (SAC-ISRO), Govt. of India, Ahmadabad31-03-20172,920,000.00
Advanced Taxonomic Research Centre for Alpine Flora and Training Centre in Kashmir HimalayaMinistry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CC), Govt. of India under the All India Coordinated Project on Capacity Building in Taxonomy (AICOPTAX) Scheme14-08-20164,947,800.00
Taxonomic Characterization and Conservation Assessment of Ephedra in IndiaScience and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology(DST), Govt. of India22-11-20166,042,520.00
Vegetation Carbon Pool Assessment (VCP) Sub-Project of the ISRO Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) National Carbon Project (NCP)National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC-ISRO), Govt. of India, Hyderabad03-11-20161,444,500.00
Convergence of Traditional Knowledge Systems for Integration to Sustainable Development in the Indian Himalayan RegionDepartment Science & Technology, Govt. of India under National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) Scheme10-03-20164,988,800.00

Research Scholars:

NameCourseStatusNature
Insha MuzaferM.Phil Awarded Whole Time
Maroof HamidM.Phil Awarded Whole Time
Shugufta RasheedM.Phil Awarded Whole Time
Zubair A RatherM.Phil Awarded Whole Time
Shiekh Marifatul HaqM.Phil Awarded Whole Time