Banko janakariPub Date : 2021-05-30DOI: 10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37343
N. Koju, M. Chalise, R. Kyes
{"title":"Acute cold stress: a potential threat to Royle's pika (Ochotona roylii) survival at Central Himalayas of Nepal","authors":"N. Koju, M. Chalise, R. Kyes","doi":"10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37343","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is one of the contemporary threats to biodiversity worldwide both individuals and population in animal communities (Isaac, 2009). Climate change and its effect on the species might be one of the more difficult challenges faced by any natural resource manager. It is expected that the global temperature could rise by as much as 6.4°C by the end of the twenty-first century (IPCC, 2007). Many taxa response to inter-annual fluctuations in precipitation, temperature, and extreme climatic events over ecological and evolutionary timescales (Post & Forchhammer, 2002). The abundance, distribution, and demography of Acute cold stress: a potential threat to Royle's pika (Ochotona roylii) survival at Central Himalayas of Nepal","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"31 1","pages":"33-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43655737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2021-05-30DOI: 10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37337
R. Malla, R. Aryal, S. Ranabhat
{"title":"Assessment of invasion of Ageratina adenophora in the plantation forest of Nepal","authors":"R. Malla, R. Aryal, S. Ranabhat","doi":"10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37337","url":null,"abstract":"1 Forest Research and Training Centre, Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. *Email: raj_malla@yahoo.com 2 Forest Research and Training Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal 3 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Lalitpur, Nepal Large-scale plantations of pine species were done in the bare hills of the Middle Mountain region of Nepal during the early 1980s. There is a growing concern on the sustainability of the planted pine forests in the country due to the presence of invasive alien plant species (IAPS). Invasive alien plant species are considered as one of the drivers of forest degradation and deforestation. Ageratina adenophora is one of the problematic IAPS found in the planted pine forests throughout the country. In this study, we employed different treatments to control the invasion of A. adenophora in the planted pine (Pinus patula) forest. The research design included four different treatments, viz., (i) control, (ii) stem felling, (iii) floor clearance, and (iv) stem felling cum floor clearance in one block (Block I), which was replicated in another block (Block II). The data were collected using circular sample plots with 2m radius. The ANOVA and TukeyHSD Tests were applied during the analysis process so as to determine the effects of treatments on invasion of A. adenophora. The \"floor clearance treatment\" was found to be significantly effective to reduce the presence of A. adenophora in the planted pine forest. On the contrary, the \"opening of forest cover treatment\" was found to be conducive to this invasive species to invade the area. The \"stem felling cum floor clearance treatment\" could be an effective strategy to control invasion of A. adenophora in planted forest, but as it demands a high cost, it is likely to be appropriate for small forest areas where promotion of regeneration is of high priority.","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"31 1","pages":"3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47112315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2021-05-30DOI: 10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37341
J. K.C., S. Dhaubanjar, V. Pandey, R. Subedi
{"title":"Water balance component analysis of a spring catchment of western Nepal","authors":"J. K.C., S. Dhaubanjar, V. Pandey, R. Subedi","doi":"10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37341","url":null,"abstract":"Drying up of springs and water scarcity issues underscore the need to increase the understanding of spring hydrology, especially in the Himalayan region. It is realized that climate change impacts more on developing countries because they have a lesser capacity to adapt and have other stresses. Many studies in these regions show high water stress, and there is no sign of decreasing the effects in future. In a review of micro-scale and mesoscale studies, Negi (2002) stressed on the systematic monitoring to aid the management of Himalayan springs. Himalayan regions are one of the least monitored areas in terms of hydro-meteorological information (Agarwal et al., 2012). Bruijnzeel & Bremmer (1989) and Alford (1992) elucidated that the management plans stemming from inadequate understanding would not solve water scarcity challenges. In order to improve water availability for the rural communities in Water balance component analysis of a spring catchment of western Nepal","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"31 1","pages":"23-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43533932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2021-05-30DOI: 10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37312
K. Pokharel
{"title":"Banko Janakari: status and way forward","authors":"K. Pokharel","doi":"10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37312","url":null,"abstract":"Not available","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"31 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46155546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2021-05-30DOI: 10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37338
P. Paudel, P. Beckschäfer, C. Kleinn
{"title":"Impact of training on different observers in forest inventory","authors":"P. Paudel, P. Beckschäfer, C. Kleinn","doi":"10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/BANKO.V31I1.37338","url":null,"abstract":"Observers with different experience levels are involved in the measurement of large number of sample plots during forest inventories, particularly in national forest inventories. However, limited information exist on the quality of data produced by different observers in forest inventory after certain levels of training. This study tries to evaluate the measurement error in forest inventory associated with observers' experience after initial and field-based training for measuring the most fundamental variables- DBH (cm), total tree height (m), and horizontal distance (m) together with bearing (azimuth) to tree from the plot-centre. On completing the second level of training, the mean of the differences in DBH measurement decreased for both the ‘experienced’ and ‘inexperienced’ groups. The mean of the differences in height measurement in the case of the experienced observers was very low as compared to the inexperienced ones. However, the mean of the differences in azimuth measurement showed that the experienced groups were overestimating by at least 1 degree. There was no trend in deviation of measurement for all four variables regardless of tree size. The decrease in the mean and error of differences in measurements after second training showed that field-based training with supervision and training on the use of instruments at laboratories were required for inexperienced surveyors whereas update in working and measurement procedure would be sufficient for the experienced ones.","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"31 1","pages":"12-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48835376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2020-12-17DOI: 10.3126/banko.v30i2.33475
T. Subedi, M. Ghimire
{"title":"Economic interpretation of lost due to improper stump-height of trees in Nepal","authors":"T. Subedi, M. Ghimire","doi":"10.3126/banko.v30i2.33475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v30i2.33475","url":null,"abstract":"I Nepal, forest covers 40.36% of the total land area of the country, which is almost 10.0% greater than the global average. On the other hand ,the forest area is lower than the average global per capita forest land available (FAO/UNEP, 2020; DoF 2017; DFRS, 2015). Within this forest area, the average number of stems greater than ten cm diameter is 430/ha (DFRS, 2015). Moreover, despite increasing efforts of the government and non-government actors, the mean stem volume per unit area of Nepal was decreased (DoF, 2017;DFRS, 2015).","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"30 1","pages":"3-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42335693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2020-12-17DOI: 10.3126/banko.v30i2.33477
R. Nirola, C. Saint, J. Hehir, J. Liu
{"title":"Merchantable wood volume response of P. radiate D. Don post thinned plots on coated and uncoated urea fertilizers","authors":"R. Nirola, C. Saint, J. Hehir, J. Liu","doi":"10.3126/banko.v30i2.33477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v30i2.33477","url":null,"abstract":"The basal area increment in silviculture is impacted by early growth achieved due to appropriate plantation, thinning and nutrition (Moulinier et al., 2015). In this regard, we had considered to conduct our study on radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don). The P. radiata D. Donrotation lasts for up to 40 years, and are thinned 3 to 5 times typically in South Australia (Jeong, 2017). A general policy of Forestry in South Australia has been to apply fertilizer one to two years after thinning so as to improve the productivity of P. radiata D. Don (Woollons, 1985, Gavran & Parsons, 2011). The current study Site 'A' at Mount Gambier is a part of the ‘Green Triangle’ that has P. radiata D. Don plantations (O' Hehir & Nambiar, 2010). The overall aim was to test the two types of coated and slow release forms of DAP Urea fertiliser against the standard DAP Urea fertiliser used by Forestry SA for their impact on growth as a post thinning fertilizer application. The measurement of impact of fertilizer was done on the basis of merchantable wood volume produced on each plot treated with a particular fertilizer. Certain coated fertilizers are recently available in the market, but their effectiveness in the local climatic range is yet to be ascertained, and the present analysis is expected to answer it to some extent. Merchantable wood volume response of P. radiata D. Don post thinned plots on coated and uncoated urea fertilizers","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"30 1","pages":"36-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42354795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2020-12-17DOI: 10.3126/banko.v30i2.33478
Banko Janakari, D. Shah, R. Tachamo-Shah
{"title":"Impact of invasive alien plant species on aquatic biodiversity of Koshi Tappu Wetlands : Ramsar Site, Nepal","authors":"Banko Janakari, D. Shah, R. Tachamo-Shah","doi":"10.3126/banko.v30i2.33478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v30i2.33478","url":null,"abstract":"Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are the species which have the capacity to compete with native species outside their geographical origin (CBD, 1992). IAS are of great concern for conservationists and natural resource managers because of their rapid spreading nature, competitiveness and capability to colonize in new areas within short time period (Rejmánek and Richardson, 1996). These species primarily gain entry into new geographic areas through human activities, environmental disturbances, deforestation and forest degradation, and forest fire which promotes the establishment of the species (Early et al., 2016; McNeely, 2001). IAS have negative consequences to native species and ecosystem services (MEA, 2005) by predation, Impact of invasive alien plant species on aquatic biodiversity of Koshi Tappu Wetlands : Ramsar Site, Nepal","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"30 1","pages":"48-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45957382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banko janakariPub Date : 2020-12-17DOI: 10.3126/banko.v30i2.33476
K. R. Bhattarai
{"title":"Ethnobotanical survey on plants used in Mai Municipality of Ilam district, eastern Nepal","authors":"K. R. Bhattarai","doi":"10.3126/banko.v30i2.33476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v30i2.33476","url":null,"abstract":"The continuous war against disease and illness has been fought by man from the beginning of human civilization to present date. For the victory of the war and maintenance of health, various plant-based medicines have been used since the early days (Ghani, 2013). From time immemorial, many medicinal plants are used as folk medicine for the treatment of various ailments in Nepal and rest of the world. Globally, about 30,000 to 70,000 plant species are used medicinally, and in developing world, 70-80% of the population depend upon plants for their primary health care (WHO, 2002). Similarly, at least 7,000 medical compounds in the modern pharmacopoeia are derived through ethnobotanical surveys from the plants mainly based on the folk medicine of native people (Coe & Anderson, 1996).","PeriodicalId":89659,"journal":{"name":"Banko janakari","volume":"30 1","pages":"11-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49599108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}