Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek
Speer JH, Bräuning A, Zhang QB, Pourtahmasi K, Gaire NP, Dawadi B, Rana P, Dhakal YR, Acharya RH, Adhikari DL, Adhikari S, Aryal PC, Bagale D, Baniya B, Bhandari S, Dahal N, Dahal S, Ganbaatar N, Giri A, Gurung DB, Khandu Y, Maharjan B, Maharjan R, Malik RA, Nath CD, Nepal B, Ngoma J, Pant R, Pathak ML, Paudel H, Sharma B, Hossain MS, Soronzonbold B, Swe T, Thapa I, Tiwari A (2016)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2016
Journal
URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125786516300017
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.01.005
Abstract
The fieldweek associated with the 4th Asian Dendrochronological Association Conference was an excellent opportunity for education, networking, and research. The participants and group leaders worked together for five days in an area that was new to some of the group leaders and new to some of the participants which enabled us to learn about forest ecology around Kathmandu and Nagarkot, Nepal. The fieldweek was an excellent networking opportunity and the group leaders and participants bonded which strengthened international research in dendrochronology and continues to foster new research collaborations. All of the group leaders and participants had the opportunity to learn about tree-ring formation in Pinus roxburghii at 1500. masl elevation, to explore its wood anatomy, and to examine specific research questions in our field area. In the end we developed a better understanding of the stand-age structure of a stand of trees in Nagarkot, explored the erosion history from exposed roots, and investigated tree health issues on closely related sites. We found that P. roxburghii poses some dating issues with false and micro rings at this elevation, but we were still able to develop a tree-ring chronology from this species and make preliminary assessments of stand dynamics and health.
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Involved external institutions
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
Nepal (NP)
Indiana University
United States (USA) (US)
University of Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
The University of Melbourne
Australia (AU)
National University of Mongolia
Mongolia (MN)
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
India (IN)
University of Southampton
United Kingdom (GB)
Nepal (NP)
Indiana University
United States (USA) (US)
University of Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
The University of Melbourne
Australia (AU)
National University of Mongolia
Mongolia (MN)
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
India (IN)
University of Southampton
United Kingdom (GB)
How to cite
APA:
Speer, J.H., Bräuning, A., Zhang, Q.-B., Pourtahmasi, K., Gaire, N.P., Dawadi, B.,... Tiwari, A. (2016). Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek. Dendrochronologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2016.01.005
MLA:
Speer, James H., et al. "Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek." Dendrochronologia (2016).
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