Do Himalayan treelines respond to recent climate change? An evaluation of sensitivity indicators

U Schickhoff, M Bobrowski, J Böhner… - Earth System …, 2015 - esd.copernicus.org
Climate warming is expected to induce treelines to advance to higher elevations. Empirical
studies in diverse mountain ranges, however, give evidence of both advancing alpine …

[HTML][HTML] Facing north or south: Does slope aspect impact forest stand characteristics and soil properties in a semiarid trans-Himalayan valley?

IE Måren, S Karki, C Prajapati, RK Yadav… - Journal of arid …, 2015 - Elsevier
An understanding of the differences in vegetation and soil characteristics between slope
aspects in high altitude semiarid environments is fundamentally important for efficient …

Climate change and treeline dynamics in the Himalaya

U Schickhoff, M Bobrowski, J Böhner, B Bürzle… - Climate change, glacier …, 2016 - Springer
Treelines are sensitive to changing climatic conditions, in particular to temperature
increases, and the majority of global alpine treelines has shown a response to recent …

[PDF][PDF] Regeneration status of tree species and survival of their seedlings in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary and its adjoining areas in Western Himalaya, India

ZA Malik, AB Bhatt - Tropical Ecology, 2016 - academia.edu
The present investigation aimed to study the regeneration status of tree species and survival
of naturally emerged seedlings along an altitudinal gradient in a protected area of Western …

Torrential rainfall-triggered shallow landslide characteristics and susceptibility assessment using ensemble data-driven models in the Dongjiang Reservoir Watershed …

J Dou, AP Yunus, Y Xu, Z Zhu, CW Chen, M Sahana… - Natural Hazards, 2019 - Springer
This study investigated the characteristics of rainfall-triggered landslides during the Typhoon
Bilis in the Dongjiang Reservoir Watershed, China. The comparative shallow landslide …

Landscape position and slope aspects impacts on soil organic carbon pool and biological indicators of a fragile ecosystem in high-altitude cold arid region

S Sharma, P Singh, S Chauhan… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To study the impact of altitudinal variation along the north and south facing slope
aspects characterized by diverse native vegetation on soil organic carbon (C) dynamics due …

Assessing deforestation susceptibility to forest ecosystem in Rudraprayag district, India using fragmentation approach and frequency ratio model

M Sahana, H Hong, H Sajjad, J Liu, AX Zhu - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aimed to model deforestation susceptibility in forest ecosystem of Rudraprayag
district, India. For this purpose, site-specific physical (slope angle, slope aspect, altitude …

Anthropogenic disturbances alter community structure in the forests of Kashmir Himalaya

SM Haq, I Rashid, AA Khuroo, ZA Malik, AH Malik - Tropical Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Both natural and anthropogenic disturbances are key drivers of forest dynamics that alter
species composition and diversity, which in turn determine the successional trajectory of the …

Predicting the suitable habitat of treeline species in the Nepalese Himalayas under climate change

PK Chhetri, KD Gaddis, DM Cairns - Mountain Research and Development, 2018 - BioOne
The response of treeline-forming species to global climate change is uncertain. While
numerous treeline species have recently experienced range advance along their upper …

Assessing relationship of forest biophysical factors with NDVI for carbon management in key coniferous strata of temperate Himalayas

AA Wani, AF Bhat, AA Gatoo, S Zahoor… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2021 - Springer
Assessing biophysical variables are essential for evaluation of carbon dynamics due to
anthropogenic activities. Biomass carbon is an important biophysical parameter of forest …