摘要 : Forest is an ecosystem important for sustenance of environment and for enrolling of food chain and biogeochemical cycles. Amravati, a district of Vidarbha region, Maharashtra, covers the plains of Pohara Malkhed Forest range which... 展开 Forest is an ecosystem important for sustenance of environment and for enrolling of food chain and biogeochemical cycles. Amravati, a district of Vidarbha region, Maharashtra, covers the plains of Pohara Malkhed Forest range which is home of around 200 bird species and prey species for Chinkara, Nilgai, Cheetal and Wild boar. Presence of leopard is also suspected. It is a dry deciduous shruby forest having the predominance of <i>Lantana camara</i>, <i>Pongamia pinnata</i>, <i>Acacia arabica</i>, <i>Butea monosperma</i>, <i>Calatropus procera</i>. In Pohara range, Chiroli and Inla reserve forests are also included. The study was undertaken to observe and record the diversity of plants and animal fauna in this area. 收起