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Vegetation ecology, Dendrochronology
Dendrochronology, Climate change, treeline
Bista, R., Chhetri, P. K., Johnson, J. S., Sinha, A., Shrestha, K. B. (2021): Climate-Driven Differences in Growth Performance of Cohabitant Fir and Birch in a Subalpine Forest in Dhorpatan Nepal. Forests, 12 (9): 1137
Camarero et. al. (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. (2020): Changes in Plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science, DOI: https://doi. org/10.1111/avsc.1254
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. 2354-2368.
Sharma, L. N., Shrestha, K. B., Måren, I. E. (2018): Tree regeneration in gap-understory mosaics in a subtropical Shorea robusta (Sal) forest. Journal of Forestry Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-018-0747-x
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, K.B. Shrestha, A. Hofgaard (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.
Chettrri, P.K. & Shrestha, K.B. (2009): Dendrochronology and Climate Change Study in Nepal: A Preview. Banko Jankari, 99 (2): 42-43.
- (2021). Global fading of the temperature–growth coupling at alpine and polar treelines. Global Change Biology. 1879-1889.
- (2021). Climate-driven differences in growth performance of cohabitant fir and birch in a subalpine forest in Dhorpatan Nepal. Forests.
- (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.
- (2020). Changes in plant species richness after cessation of forest disturbance. Applied Vegetation Science.
- (2018). Tree regeneration in gap-understory mosaics in a subtropical Shorea robusta (Sal) forest. Journal of Forestry Research. 1-8.
- (2017). Topography and human disturbances are major controlling factors in treeline pattern at Barun and Manang area in the Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Mountain Science. 119-127.
- (2017). Growth variable-specific moisture and temperature limitations in co-occuring alpine tree and shrub species, central Himalayas, Nepal. Dendrochronologia. 193-202.
- (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.
- (2016). Land-use change under a warming climate facilitated upslope expansion of Himalayan silver fir (Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach). Plant Ecology. 993-1002.
- (2015). Tree-growth response to climatic variability in two climatically contrasting treeline ecotone areas, central Himalaya, Nepal. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 1643-1653.
- (2014). Recent treeline dynamics are similar between dry and mesic areas of Nepal, central Himalaya. Journal of Plant Ecology.
- (2013). Treeline and vegetation dynamics in response to environmental changes in Nepal, the central Himalaya.
- (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 sider.
- (2009). The forest ecotone effect on species richness in an arid trans-Himalayan landscape of Nepal. Folia Geobotanica. 247-262.
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)