Tracking the Ghosts of the Himalayas: Snow Leopard Conservation Insights From Satellite Collar Data by Pratistha Shrestha, Dayaram Pandey, Pemba Sherpa, Prakash Shah, Dipesh Kumar Sharma

“…ABSTRACT This study presents the first movement analysis of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) using satellite telemetry data, focusing on the northeastern Himalayas of Nepal. By examining GPS‐based satellite collar data between 2013 and 2017 from five collared snow leopards (effectively three individuals), the research uncovered distinct movement patterns, activity budgeting and home range utilisation from one adult male and two sub adult females. …”
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Seismic Hazard of the Uttarakhand Himalaya, India, from Deterministic Modeling of Possible Rupture Planes in the Area by Anand Joshi, Ashvini Kumar, Heriberta Castanos, Cinna Lomnitz

“…The seismotectonically important region of Uttarakhand Himalaya has been considered in this work. Ruptures along the lineaments in the area identified from tectonic map are modeled deterministically using semi empirical approach given by Midorikawa (1993). …”
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Surface energy and mass balance of Mera Glacier (Nepal, Central Himalaya) and their sensitivity to temperature and precipitation by Arbindra Khadka, Fanny Brun, Patrick Wagnon, Dibas Shrestha, Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa

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Exploration of Wild Edible Plants Used as Food by Gaddis-A Tribal Community of the Western Himalaya by Arti Thakur, Somvir Singh, Sunil Puri

“…A survey of wild edible plants of Gaddi tribes of Himachal Pradesh was carried out in Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh located in Western Himalayas. The inhabitants subsisted primarily on pastoralism and agriculture and have traditional knowledge on wild edible plants. …”
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Geographic patterns and ecological causes of phylogenetic structure in mosses along an elevational gradient in the central Himalaya by Hong Qian, Oriol Grau

“…Understanding the underlying mechanisms driving species assembly along elevational gradients is of great interest in ecology and biogeography. The Himalaya is one of the world’s hotspots of biodiversity, and the elevational gradient of the central Himalaya in Nepal is one of the longest elevational gradients in the world. …”
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Unfolding cascading impacts of changing South Asia monsoon on a Hindu Kush Himalayas basin by Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Shahryar Fazli, Arshad Ansari, Suraj Tiwari, Roma Thakurathi, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary

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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil and Extracts of Zanthoxylum alatum Grown in North-Western Himalaya by Sanjay Guleria, A. K. Tiku, Apurva Koul, Sahil Gupta, Gurjinder Singh, V. K. Razdan

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Identifying corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in a part of Eastern Himalayas, India by Malyasri Bhattacharya, Debanjan Sarkar, Sneha Pandey, Indranil Mondal, Sambandam Sathyakumar, R. Suresh Kumar, Gautam Talukdar

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Wet Deposition and Long-range Transport of Major Ions Related to Snow at Northwestern Himalayas (India) by Anshu Sharma, U. C. Kulshrestha

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Efficient Micropropagation of Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene: An Important Medicinal Plant of Western Himalaya by Mudasir Fayaz, Seema Singh, Irshad Ahmad Bhat, Musadiq Hussain Bhat, Firdous Ahmad Khanday, Alamgir Ahmad Dar

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Validation and diagnostic study of cloudburst events over the Himalayan region using IMDAA and ERA5 by Nitin Lohan, Ashish Routray, Rohan Kumar, Biranchi Kumar Mahala, Sushil Kumar

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Sustainable Homestay Tourism for Enhancing Rural Livelihood in the Uttarakhand Himalaya: A Study of the Tons River Basin by Prasad Sati Vishwambhar, Banergee Surajit

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Exploring the genotypic potential of perilla (Perilla frutescens L.) for climate-resilient agriculture in the North Eastern Himalayas by Meraj Alam Ansari, Meraj Alam Ansari, Amit Kumar, T. P. Ahammed Shabeer, Alok Kumar, Subhra Saikat Roy, Subhra Saikat Roy, Majhrool Hak Ansari, Raghavendra Singh, Raghavendra Singh, Moirangthem Sangeeta, Jayanta Layek, Narendra Prakash, Vinay K. Mishra

“…This study provides valuable insights into the genotypic potential of perilla for enhancing its yield, oil quality, and nutrient composition, with significant implications for breeding programs aimed at developing climate-resilient varieties for the North Eastern Himalayas.…”
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Ice cover loss and debris cover evolution in the Afghanistan Hindu Kush Himalaya between 2000 and 2020 by Jamal A. N. Shokory, Stuart N. Lane

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Floristic Diversity and Distribution Pattern of Plant Communities along Altitudinal Gradient in Sangla Valley, Northwest Himalaya by Pankaj Sharma, J. C. Rana, Usha Devi, S. S. Randhawa, Rajesh Kumar

“…Himalayas are globally important biodiversity hotspots and are facing rapid loss in floristic diversity and changing pattern of vegetation due to various biotic and abiotic factors. …”
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Slope stability and surface displacement analysis of the Kuther Landslide in the Dehar Watershed, Himachal Himalaya, Northern India by Arun Kumar, Shashi Kant Rai, Imran Khan, Manthena Prashanth, Sunil Dhar, Omkar Verma

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Voyages en Shangrila : le marché « in situ » des objets d’art primitif d’Himalaya by Gisèle Krauskopff

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Geophysical delineation of the newly identified Gulmarg fault in the Kashmir Basin, NW Himalaya. Implications for active structural control by Ayaz Mohmood Dar, Syed Kaiser Bukhari

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Soil nutrients, microbial biomass, and crop response to organic amendments in rice cropping system in the Shiwaliks of Indian Himalayas by Richa Rajput, Priya Pokhriya, Pooja Panwar, A. Arunachalam, Kusum Arunachalam

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Forecasting basal area increment in forest ecosystems using deep learning: A multi-species analysis in the Himalayas by P. Casas-Gómez, J.F. Torres, J.C. Linares, A. Troncoso, F. Martínez-Álvarez

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