Topic

Alpine shrubs under warming climate in the Nepal Himalayas

Highlights

• Declining shrub recruitment and stable shrublines over the recent decades
• Decrease in vegetation greenness during the past three decades
• Shrub growth is mainly limited by moisture availability in pre-monsoon season

Dr. Shalik Ram Sigdel, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, will give talk on  Alpine shrubs under warming climate in the Nepal Himalayas  based on his recently published pioneering works.

Papers: Sigdel, S.R., et al. (2021). No benefits from warming even for subnival vegetation in the central Himalayas. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2021.06.005

Pandey, J., S. R. Sigdel, et al. 2020. Early growing-season precipitation drives radial growth of alpine juniper shrubs in the central Himalayas. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 102:317-330.

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Biography:

Shalik Ram Sigdel completed M. Sc in Botany/Ecology from TU, Nepal and a PhD in Physical Geography/Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. His research interest include Alpine plant ecology, dendroecology, dendroglaciology, climate change. Dr. Sigdel is currently working as a Special Research Assistant at Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China