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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 Ladakh lies on an important bird migratory route between the Palearctic and the Indian sub-continent, and the high altitude migratory species utilise Ladakh frequently as a stopover site. The trans-Himalayan landscape in Ladakh also serves as a breeding
Pushpinder Singh Jamwal +2 more
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Protective effects of melatonin against fluoride-induced oxidative stress in rats at high altitude
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2019 This study was conducted to evaluate the protective effects of melatonin against fluoride-induced oxidative stress-mediated haematological and biochemical changes in rat at high altitude.
PRINCE VIVEK +5 more
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Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 2023 The present study is a preliminary taxonomic survey of diatom assemblages from one of the highest mountain ranges in the Western Himalayas – Ladakh. 37 samples were collected from 19 different sampling sites at altitudes ranging from 3100–4552 amsl.
Pardhi Samadhan +4 more
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Caught between Paper Plans and Kashmir Politics: Disaster Governance in Ladakh, India
Politics and Governance, 2020 Disaster governance encompasses the responsibility and management of disaster mitigation, relief and recovery as well as power and politics around these areas of action.
Jessica Field
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Deadly Predators and Virtuous Buddhists: Dog Population Control and the Politics of Ethics in Ladakh [PDF]
, 2019 The region of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas has recently seen a rise in attacks by stray dogs, some of which have been fatal. The dogs’ claims on territory have not gone uncontested in an emotional landscape fraught with anxieties over religious ...
Gagné, Karine
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Alpine flora of Kashmir Himalaya: floristic assessment, life history traits and threat status
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Alpine ecosystems in the Himalaya are considered to be at a higher risk to anthropogenic global change drivers. The Kashmir Himalaya, located in the north‐western side of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, harbors a diverse alpine flora, which remains systematically little investigated.
Bilal A. Rasray +5 more
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HIMALAYA, 2018 This article is based on a series of interviews with a group of female Islamic scholars—alima—in Leh, Ladakh, who were the first four women from the region to receive a religious education in a formal madrassa (religious school).
Jacqueline H. Fewkes
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Are human‐altered landscapes reshaping carnivore niche spaces in the Trans‐Himalaya?
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Understanding carnivore interactions under growing human pressures is crucial for conservation. We examined spatial and temporal niche structuring among snow leopards Panthera uncia, Himalayan wolves Canis lupus chanco, and red foxes Vulpes vulpes; while also incorporating free‐ranging dogs Canis lupus familiaris as a human‐subsidized mesopredator ...
Priyanka Justa, Salvador Lyngdoh
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HIMALAYA, 2020 In September 2016, hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered in Ladakh to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Naropa (1016- 1100 CE), an Indian Buddhist scholar-saint who is widely revered in the Himalayas.
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
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Partly cystic common peroneal nerve schwannoma: an unusual cause of hallux drop
The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 Traumatic peroneal nerve injury is the usual underlying cause for foot drop. Other causes are like neoplastic, metabolic, or infective are rarely seen.
Abhishek Mishra, MD +2 more
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