Kamal Bawa is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Founder-President of the Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). www.kbawa.com
The National Academy of Sciences convened a committee to generate a report titled “Development of... more The National Academy of Sciences convened a committee to generate a report titled “Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making”. The report: Described approaches used to develop global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions inventories, including the use of surveys Discussed the potential uses and limitations of these approaches Provided a framework to evaluate emissions information and inventories Presented several case studies to demonstrate how the framework could be applied to evaluate emissions information and inventory approaches and identify strengths and opportunities for improvement for each case study. Identified ways to improve methodological transparency, sustainability and continuity of relevant observations, and product confidence in global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions inventories To accomplish this the committee identified a series of “pillars” that were deemed ideal characteristics of GHG inven...
AGRIS record. Record number, US8536500. Titles, Modification of the gender of seed plants in vary... more AGRIS record. Record number, US8536500. Titles, Modification of the gender of seed plants in varying conditions. Personal Authors, Lloyd, DG,Bawa, KS. Publication Date, (1984). AGRIS Subj. Cat. Plant genetics and breeding. Other ...
Cooperation between China and India can curtail biodiversity loss, mitigate climate change, and r... more Cooperation between China and India can curtail biodiversity loss, mitigate climate change, and reduce deforestation.
Deforestation and selective logging in the tropics may have serious consequences on genetic proce... more Deforestation and selective logging in the tropics may have serious consequences on genetic processes in tropical tree populations, affecting long‐term survival of a given species as well as tropical forest communities. Because understanding the effects of human‐induced changes on genetic processes is of utmost importance in formulating sound conservation and management plans for tropical forest communities, we developed microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for the tropical tree Carapa guianensis (Meliaceae) and assessed the polymorphism of SSRs in adult and sapling populations in a large contiguous forest and in selectively logged and fragmented forests. The number of alleles in polymorphic loci ranged between 4 and 28. No inbreeding was detected in saplings or adult cohorts, but the allelic richness was lower in the sapling cohort of the isolated fragment. Genetic distances, Nei’s D and (δµ)2, and RST values among saplings were greater than among adult cohorts, s...
... The authors also thank Pame-la Hall, Lawrence Kaplan, Michael Smith, Allison Smith and David ... more ... The authors also thank Pame-la Hall, Lawrence Kaplan, Michael Smith, Allison Smith and David Terkla for their comments on the ... de Escazu Cerros de la Carpintera Cerros de Turrubares Cuenca del Rio Tuls El Chayote El Rodeo Guanacaste Juan Castro Blanco La Cangreja ...
Muntingia calabura is a small tree of early successional habitats in lowland Central America. In ... more Muntingia calabura is a small tree of early successional habitats in lowland Central America. In Costa Rica individual trees flower throughout the year producing a few flowers each day in small fascicles. M calabura is self-compatible, and the 1-day flowers are bee-pollinated. ...
Female catkin primordia of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa T. & G. ex Hook.) were cultured ... more Female catkin primordia of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa T. & G. ex Hook.) were cultured for 70 days on a modified Murashige and Skoog's (1962) medium in vitro. Explants 2–3 mm long, and with bud scales removed, gave the best results, many of them developing floral structures characteristic of the female sex. There was a general tendency to callus formation with increasing age of the culture, occasionally followed by a reversal to vegetative growth. Catkin primordia raised on Wolter's medium without auxin or kinetin, but with 6-benzylaminopurine, and at 250 ft-c for a 16-h photoperiod, proliferated axillary shoots in loco of pistils.
The National Academy of Sciences convened a committee to generate a report titled “Development of... more The National Academy of Sciences convened a committee to generate a report titled “Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making”. The report: Described approaches used to develop global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions inventories, including the use of surveys Discussed the potential uses and limitations of these approaches Provided a framework to evaluate emissions information and inventories Presented several case studies to demonstrate how the framework could be applied to evaluate emissions information and inventory approaches and identify strengths and opportunities for improvement for each case study. Identified ways to improve methodological transparency, sustainability and continuity of relevant observations, and product confidence in global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions inventories To accomplish this the committee identified a series of “pillars” that were deemed ideal characteristics of GHG inven...
AGRIS record. Record number, US8536500. Titles, Modification of the gender of seed plants in vary... more AGRIS record. Record number, US8536500. Titles, Modification of the gender of seed plants in varying conditions. Personal Authors, Lloyd, DG,Bawa, KS. Publication Date, (1984). AGRIS Subj. Cat. Plant genetics and breeding. Other ...
Cooperation between China and India can curtail biodiversity loss, mitigate climate change, and r... more Cooperation between China and India can curtail biodiversity loss, mitigate climate change, and reduce deforestation.
Deforestation and selective logging in the tropics may have serious consequences on genetic proce... more Deforestation and selective logging in the tropics may have serious consequences on genetic processes in tropical tree populations, affecting long‐term survival of a given species as well as tropical forest communities. Because understanding the effects of human‐induced changes on genetic processes is of utmost importance in formulating sound conservation and management plans for tropical forest communities, we developed microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for the tropical tree Carapa guianensis (Meliaceae) and assessed the polymorphism of SSRs in adult and sapling populations in a large contiguous forest and in selectively logged and fragmented forests. The number of alleles in polymorphic loci ranged between 4 and 28. No inbreeding was detected in saplings or adult cohorts, but the allelic richness was lower in the sapling cohort of the isolated fragment. Genetic distances, Nei’s D and (δµ)2, and RST values among saplings were greater than among adult cohorts, s...
... The authors also thank Pame-la Hall, Lawrence Kaplan, Michael Smith, Allison Smith and David ... more ... The authors also thank Pame-la Hall, Lawrence Kaplan, Michael Smith, Allison Smith and David Terkla for their comments on the ... de Escazu Cerros de la Carpintera Cerros de Turrubares Cuenca del Rio Tuls El Chayote El Rodeo Guanacaste Juan Castro Blanco La Cangreja ...
Muntingia calabura is a small tree of early successional habitats in lowland Central America. In ... more Muntingia calabura is a small tree of early successional habitats in lowland Central America. In Costa Rica individual trees flower throughout the year producing a few flowers each day in small fascicles. M calabura is self-compatible, and the 1-day flowers are bee-pollinated. ...
Female catkin primordia of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa T. & G. ex Hook.) were cultured ... more Female catkin primordia of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa T. & G. ex Hook.) were cultured for 70 days on a modified Murashige and Skoog's (1962) medium in vitro. Explants 2–3 mm long, and with bud scales removed, gave the best results, many of them developing floral structures characteristic of the female sex. There was a general tendency to callus formation with increasing age of the culture, occasionally followed by a reversal to vegetative growth. Catkin primordia raised on Wolter's medium without auxin or kinetin, but with 6-benzylaminopurine, and at 250 ft-c for a 16-h photoperiod, proliferated axillary shoots in loco of pistils.
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