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Krishna Babu Shrestha

Executive Officer
Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)
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  • E-mailKrishna.Shrestha@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 28 13+47 916 21 788
  • Visitor Address
    UiB Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, PO Box 7800, 5020, Bergen Norway
    Bergen
    Room 
    264
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

Vegetation Ecology, Dendrochronology

Dendroecology, Climate change, treeline

Jesús Julio Camarero, Antonio Gazol, Raúl Sánchez‐Salguero, Alex Fajardo, Eliot JB McIntire, Emilia Gutiérrez, Enric Batllori, Stéphane Boudreau, Marco Carrer, Jeff Diez, Geneviève Dufour‐Tremblay, Narayan P Gaire, Annika Hofgaard, Vincent Jomelli, Alexander V Kirdyanov, Esther Lévesque, Eryuan Liang, Juan Carlos Linares, Ingrid E Mathisen, Pavel A Moiseev, Gabriel Sangüesa‐Barreda, Krishna B. Shrestha, Johanna M Toivonen, Olga V Tutubalina, Martin Wilmking (2021): Global fading of the temperature–growth coupling at alpine and polar treelines. Global Change Biology, 27 (9): 1879-1889.

Vetaas, O.R., Shrestha, K.B., Sharma, L.N. (2021): Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science, 24(1); DOI:10.1111/avsc.12545 

Chhetri, P.K., Bista, R., Shrestha, K.B. (2020): How does the stand structure of treeline-forming species shape the treeline ecotone in different regions of the Nepal Himalayas? Journal Of Mountain Science, 17:2354-2368.

Sharma, L. N., Shrestha, K.B., Måren, I.E. (2019). "Tree regeneration in gap-understory mosaics in a subtropical Shorea robusta (Sal) forest." Journal of Forestry Research, 30 (6): 2061-2068.

Shrestha, K.B., Chhetri, P.K, Bista, R. (2017): Growth responses of Abies spectabilis to climate variations along an elevational gradient in Langtang National Park in the central Himalaya, Nepal. Journal of Forest Research, 22 (5): 274-281.

S.A. Rayback, Shrestha, K.B., Hofgaard, A. (2017): Growth variable-specific moisture and temperature limitations in cooccurringalpine tree and shrub species, central Himalayas, Nepal. Dendrochronologia, 44: 193-202.

Chhetri, P.K., Shrestha, K.B. & Cairns, D.M. (2017): Topography and human disturbances are major controlling factors in treeline pattern at Barun and Manang Valley in the Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Mountain Science, 14 (1): 119-127.

Suwal, M.K., Shrestha, K.B., Guragain, L., Shakya, R., Shrestha, K., Bhuju, D.R. & Vetaas, O.R. (2016): Land-use change under a warming climate facilitated upslope expansion of Himalayan silver fir (Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach). Plant Ecology, 217 (8): 993-1002.

Shrestha, K.B., Hofgaard, A. & Vandvik, V. (2015): Tree growth response to climatic variability in two climatically contrasting treeline ecotone areas, central Himalaya, Nepal. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45 (11): 1643-1653.

Shrestha, K.B., Hofgaard, A. & Vandvik, V. (2014): Recent treeline dynamics are similar between dry and mesic areas of Nepal, central Himalaya. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(4):347-358.

Shrestha, K.B.; Måren, I.E.; Ellen A.; Sah, J.P. & Vetaas, O.R. (2013): Effect of anthropogenic disturbance in oak forests in Nepal, central Himalaya. International journal of Biodiversity, ecosystem services and management, 9 (1): 21-29.

Shrestha, K.B. & Vetaas, O.R. (2009): The forest ecotone effect on species richness Species richness in an arid Trans Himalayan landscape of Nepal.  Folia Geobotanica 44 (3): 247-262.

Chettri, P.K. & Shrestha, K.B. (2009): Dendrochronology and Climate Change Study in Nepal: A Preview. Banko Jankari, 99 (2): 42-43.

  • Show author(s) (2021). Global fading of the temperature–growth coupling at alpine and polar treelines. Global Change Biology. 1879-1889.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Climate-driven differences in growth performance of cohabitant fir and birch in a subalpine forest in Dhorpatan Nepal. Forests.
  • Show author(s) (2020). How does the stand structure of treeline-forming species shape the treeline ecotone in different regions of the Nepal Himalayas? Journal of Mountain Science. 2354-2368.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Tree regeneration in gap-understory mosaics in a subtropical Shorea robusta (Sal) forest. Journal of Forestry Research. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Growth variable-specific moisture and temperature limitations in co-occuring alpine tree and shrub species, central Himalayas, Nepal. Dendrochronologia. 193-202.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Growth response of Abies spectabilis to climate variations along an elevational gradient in Langtang National Park in the central Himalaya, Nepal. Journal of Forest Research. 274-281.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Land-use change under a warming climate facilitated upslope expansion of Himalayan silver fir (Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach). Plant Ecology. 993-1002.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Tree-growth response to climatic variability in two climatically contrasting treeline ecotone areas, central Himalaya, Nepal. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 1643-1653.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Recent treeline dynamics are similar between dry and mesic areas of Nepal, central Himalaya. Journal of Plant Ecology.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Treeline and vegetation dynamics in response to environmental changes in Nepal, the central Himalaya.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on plant species diversity in oak forest in Nepal, central Himalaya. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The forest ecotone effect on species richness in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal. Folia Geobotanica. 247-262.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Ph.D. (Vegetation Ecology), UiB, Bergen

M.Sc. (Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology), UiB, Bergen

M.Sc. (Plant ecology), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

B.Sc. (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry), Tribhuvan University, Nepal