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Plant Invasions in Nepal: What We Do Not Know?
Invasive alien species are increasing over the globe in the Anthropocene era, with a range of negative impacts on biodiversity, ecological processes,...
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Conflict and nutrition: endogenous dietary responses in Nepal
We study the effect of conflict in Nepal on dietary diversity as proxied by food consumption scores (FCS). By comparing pre-violence and...
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Snow Leopard in Nepal—A Case Study
The most important habitats for snow leopard in the world are in Nepal and studies on this elusive predator began there much earlier than elsewhere,...
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Treeline Dynamics in Nepal Himalaya in a Response to Complexity of Factors
The Nepal Himalaya is experiencing a higher temperature rise with erratic rainfall and more drought events in recent decades. Alpine treelines are...
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Nesting habitat suitability and breeding of Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus) in Nepal
Asian woollyneck ( Ciconia episcopus ) is a large wading bird species whose conservation status has been recently down-listed, despite a lack of...
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Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills
Scale-appropriate farm mechanization could be an important pathway to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) of attaining gender equality...
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Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal
Climate change can be expected to alter ecosystems and influence the spatial distribution of species. Understanding the effects of climate change on...
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Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in Trans-Himalaya of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting
Sowa Rigpa (gso ba rig pa), also referred to as Amchi Medicine or Tibetan Medicine, is a traditional system of health care being practiced for...
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Rice accessions of Gorkha District of Nepal and their drought tolerance ability
Nepal is considered as one of the hotspots of rice landraces. Currently, Nepalese farmers are attracted toward improved and exotic rice varieties,...
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Determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt agroforestry practices: insights from the Mid-hills of Western Nepal
Agroforestry has been practiced in the Mid-hills for generations as the main source of the supplement of timber, firewood, and fodder. However, its...
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An Overview of the Middle Miocene to Early Pleistocene Flora of the Siwalik Sediments in Nepal
Floral taxa from the middle Miocene to the early Pleistocene have been thoroughly documented in the Siwalik sediments in the Nepal Himalayas and are...
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The co-administration of live fowlpox and Newcastle disease vaccines by non-invasive routes to chickens reared by smallholders in Tanzania and Nepal
The co-administration of commercial live fowlpox (FP) and Newcastle disease (ND) vaccines when given by non-invasive (needle-free) routes was...
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Historical genetic diversity and population structure of wild red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in Nepal
Red pandas ( Ailurus fulgens ) are taxonomically unique mammals in the order Carnivora that evolved to an arboreal and herbivorous existence in the...
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Comparative study of essential oil in wild and in vitro cultures of Valeriana jatamansi Jones in Nepal
Comparative analysis was carried out to determine the variation in the composition of essential oils of hairy roots produced in vitro and in vivo...
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Some rare and new taxa of the genus Spirogyra (Zygnematales, Chlorophyceae) from river Kosi basin adjoining parts of India and Nepal
The present paper deals with a total of 11 species of the genus Spirogyra from wetlands of river Kosi basin. Of these, two species ( S. kushii JHA et...
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Ethnomedicinal exploration of plants utilized by the people of Suryabinayak Municipality in Bhaktapur District, Nepal
Since time immemorial, people have been utilizing plants as a source of therapeutic agents for human and animal health. Plants have been used as a...
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Detection of blaKPC gene among carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from different clinical specimens at tertiary care hospital of Nepal
BackgroundKlebsiella pneumoniae infections have become a major cause of hospital acquired infection worldwide with the increased rate of acquisition...
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Potential of Agroforestry Systems for Food Security, Climate Change Mitigation, Landscape Restoration and Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal
Agroforestry is the oldest form of land use believed to have evolved before sedentary agriculture. In recent years, the importance of integrating...
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Diversity of naturalized and invasive plant species across land use types in an inner Tarai Valley of Central Nepal
Diversity of naturalized and invasive plants often vary across land use types. However, empirical studies analysing such patterns are mostly lacking...
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Understanding the Impacts of Forest Management in Sal (Shorea robusta) Dominant Forest Stands in the Western Lowlands of Nepal
Sal ( Shorea robusta ) is an economically and ecologically important tree species found in Nepal. Since 2003, Nepal's government has been managing the...
