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Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species from eastern Himalaya, India
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species of Primulaceae, is described and illustrated from Tawang, Lutrem, 4238 m a.s.l., Arunachal Pradesh, India. It grows under Juniperus and Berberis scrub forest in an alpine meadow. The new species belong in Primula section Cordifoliae and is resembling P.
Bipankar Hajong +2 more
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The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2016 Darjeeling and Kalimpong, British imperial towns in the eastern Himalayan borderlands at the juncture of Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sikkim, and Tibet, played a vital yet under-studied role as transcultural hubs of a hybrid modernity.
Tina Harris +3 more
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A note on Indian hare Lepus nigricollis: presence beyond the IUCN distribution in the Himalayas
Academia Biology, 2023 Indian hare Lepus nigricollis have a vast distribution in southern Asia with several subspecies. Even though it is distributed in a large area, the species lacks regional assessment and has been understudied for taxonomy, ecology, and ...
Avantika Thapa +3 more
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The Age and Origin of Block Deposits in the Victorian Alps, Australia
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large periglacial block deposits are found in the mountains of southeastern Australia. Despite their widespread distribution, their mode of formation and age are poorly understood. These landforms hold considerable potential to shed light on the nature of cooling during glacial periods. In this paper we present a new study of block deposits in
Timothy T. Barrows +4 more
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The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2016 The Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA), founded in Ceylon in 1898, was one of many Buddhist socio-cultural organisations established between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that imagined Buddhism as a global religion, compatible ...
Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia
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Earth Surface Dynamics, 2019 . In active mountain belts with steep terrain, bedrock landsliding is a major erosional agent. In the Himalayas, landsliding is driven by annual hydro-meteorological forcing due to the summer monsoon and by rarer, exceptional events, such as earthquakes.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding how climate change impacts the plant life cycle is critical for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. Our findings suggest that Terminalia paniculata Roth, a common tropical deciduous tree species in the Western Ghats, is now flowering and fruiting at more scattered times than it used to in the past.
Ananthapadmanaban Karthikeyan +2 more
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An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae) [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsAn updated checklist of the hoverflies including distribution and seasonal occurence data of known species in Nepal is presented. The list is based on all available published literature on taxonomy, biodiversity, ecology, and biological aspects of the ...
Urmila Dyola +4 more
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Kashmir Journal of Science, 2023 Royle's pika (Ochotona roylei) is an important species in the Himalayas. Understanding the relationships between this species and its environment is essential for its sustainable management.
Ghulam Ali +7 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Regional heterogeneity in direct and snow albedo forcing of aerosols over the Himalayan cryosphere was investigated using a regional climate model coupled with the community land model having snow, ice and aerosol radiation module.
K H Usha +2 more
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