Results 1 to 10 of about 1,683,605 (235)

Biocultural vulnerability of traditional crops in the Indian Trans-Himalaya [PDF]

Science Advances
Traditional agricultural landscapes are critical for conserving biocultural and ecological diversity. Despite their significance, traditional systems have often been overlooked, leading to genetic erosion of crop landraces.
H. Jaggi, Akshata Anand, Katherine A. Solari, Alejandra Echeverri, Rinchen Tobge, Tanzin Tsewang, K. Suryawanshi, S. Tuljapurkar   +7 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Population status and impact of climate change on the distribution of vulnerable multipurpose plant Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica for conservation in Trans-Himalaya, India

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
The populations of globally significant species in the Himalaya are invariably shrinking due to multiple forms of human manipulation. Over the decades, various species’ natural habitats have been influenced by changing climate patterns, and the trends ...
Swaran Lata, Sher S Samant
exaly   +4 more sources

Tracing Ancient Migration Routes: Did Gloydius Pitvipers Disperse Across Paleo‐Tibet Through Temperate and Subtropical Corridors? [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The Himalayan–Tibetan orogen has undergone complex paleoenvironmental transformations that shaped its biodiversity, yet the timing and sequence of surface uplift—and corresponding biogeographic scenarios for endemic Himalayan taxa—remain debated.
Sylvia Hofmann, Elán Pérez García, Morris Flecks, Daniel Jablonski, Chitra B. Baniya, Dennis Rödder, Joachim Schmidt   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Sedimentation, tectonics and climate in Ladakh, NW Trans-Himalaya-with a special reference to Late Quaternary Period

Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2022
Ladakh, the newly formed Union Territory of India, is a cold arid high altitude desert lying in the Trans-Himalaya and is an important region for geographers and geologists, because of its lunar/martian landscapes, exposures of sedimentary, metamorphic ...
Debarati Nag, Binita Phartiyal
exaly   +4 more sources

Photographic Key for the Microhistological Identification of Some Plants of Indian Trans-Himalaya

Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2015
Microhistology techniques have been used in many studies regarding food habits of herbivores. The absence of detailed reference materials and time consumed in creating reference plant materials for a particular study species and area hampers an ...
Tanveer AHMED, Afifullah KHAN, Pankaj CHANDAN   +2 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Incorporating Islamic Environmentalism in Approaches to Conservation in the Trans-Himalaya

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources
Conservationists increasingly acknowledge the value of co-productive conservation efforts that incorporate the Indigenous perspective. In the Trans-Himalayan context, they have begun to incorporate the Buddhist perspective in recent interventions; yet ...
Madhavi Peters, Z. Khan
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Elevational adaptation and phenotypic plasticity of Codonopsis clematidea in the trans-Himalaya

Discover Plants
The process of adapting to changing environmental conditions plays a pivotal role in driving plant diversification. Elevational gradients provide a unique opportunity to investigate adaptation to diverse climatic conditions.
Zarina Khatoon, Seema Singh, Kanize Fatima, Mohd Ibrahim, Sajjad Ali, Sharada Mallubhotla   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Evolution of Lamayuru palaeolake in the Trans Himalaya: Palaeoecological implications [PDF]

Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1998
Vor etwa 35 000-40 000 Jahren schuf eine Episode neotektonischer Aktivität an der Indus-Sutur bei Lamayuru (Ladakh) einen See, von dem eine über 105 m mächtige Abfolge fluviolakustriner Ablagerungen erhalten ist.
B. S. Kotlia, I. Hinz-Schallreuter, R. Schallreuter, J. Schwarz   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Pedicularis gracilis var. brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) T. Husain & Arti Garg: first report from Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, India [PDF]

Check List, 2022
We report Pedicularis gracilis var. brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) T. Husain & Arti Garg (Orobanchaceae) for the first time from Ladakh, a region of Trans-Himalaya in India. This variety is most similar to P. gracilis var.
Sakina Banoo, Aijaz H. Ganie, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Co‐designing conservation interventions through participatory action research in the Indian Trans‐Himalaya

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023
Community‐based conservation, despite being more inclusive than fortress conservation, has been criticized for being a top‐down implementation of external ideas brought to local communities for conservation's benefit.
M. Khanyari, R. Dorjay, S. Lobzang, A. Bijoor, K. Suryawanshi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources