Erratum to: Biodivers Conserv (2007) 16:3737–3754 DOI 10.1007/s10531-007-9178-2

Introduction page # 3738 line # 7., the sentence beginning ‘There are a lot of efforts are being made…’ should read: ‘Considerable efforts are being made…

Table 3 page # 3744–3745 under “Uses” column, the local uses of some tree species are missing and should have mentioned as follows

Corylus jaequemmtii. Dene. (M, Mis); Cupressus torulosa. Don (F, T, Mis); Gmelina arborea. Roxb (Mis); Pinus wallichiana. Wall (F, T, M, Mis); Populus ciliata. Wall (F, T, Mis); Prunus venosa. Koehn. (Mis); Salix elegans. Wall (Mis); Syzygium cummini. Lank (Mis); Taxus baccata. Linn (Ed, M, Mis)

References page # 3753 Kothari et al., (1995) … Ecology 25:188–194 should read: Ecologist 25:188–194