Vegetation expansion in the subnival Hindu Kush Himalaya
Global Change Biology, 2020 The mountain systems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are changing rapidly due to climatic change, but an overlooked component is the subnival ecosystem (between the treeline and snow line), characterized by short‐stature plants and seasonal snow.
K. Anderson +5 more
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Ecological Processes, 2021 Background So far, macroecological studies in the Himalaya have mostly concentrated on spatial variation of overall species richness along the elevational gradient.
K. Manish
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Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision
National Science Review, 2020 The India-Asia collision is an outstanding smoking gun in the study of continental collision dynamics. How and when the continental collision occurred remains a long-standing controversy.
Jie Yuan +12 more
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Effects of reflective warning markers on wildlife [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Light pollution has become one of the top issues in environmental pollution, especially concerning how secondary light pollution, such as from traffic reflective materials, influences animal distribution and behavior.
Yi-Hao Fang +8 more
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Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting [PDF]
, 2019 Conference Report on the Association of American Geographers Annual ...
Beazley, Robert E.
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Little Ice Age Revealed in Tree‐Ring‐Based Precipitation Record From the Northwest Himalaya, India
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 The spatial and temporal span of hydrological impact of the “Little Ice Age” (LIA) in the north‐western Himalaya is not well constrained due to data limitation.
V. Singh +4 more
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Introduction | Approaching Potent Substances in Medicine and Ritual across Asia [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction to themed research articles on Approaching Potent Substances in Medicine and Ritual across ...
Gerke, Barbara, van der Valk, Jan M. A.
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Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, 2019 The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice.
T. Bolch +11 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Subjective Well-Being in Two Himalayan Communities, Post Road Development [PDF]
, 2019 Although the first road to ever be built into Humla, Nepal is still under construction, it has already spurred numerous sociocultural and economic changes, including an increased integration into the market economy, changing access to market-purchased ...
Foor, Thomas +2 more
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