Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek

James H. Speer (1) , Achim Bräuning (2) , Qi-Bin Zhang (3) , Kambiz Pourtahmasi (4) , Narayan P. Gaire (5, 6) , Binod Dawadi (7) , Prabina Rana (5) , Yub Raj Dhakal (6) , Ram Hari Acharya (7) , Dhruba Lochan Adhikari (7) , Shankar Adhikari (8) , Prakash Chandra Aryal (6) , Damodar Bagale (7) , Binod Baniya (6) , Sanjaya Bhandari (6) , Navin Dahal (5) , Suchana Dahal (6) , Narmandakh Ganbaatar (9) , Anjana Giri (5) , D.B Gurung (10) , Yeshey Khandu (10) , Binu Maharjan (7) , Rajan Maharjan (7) , Rayees Ahmad Malik (11) , Cheryl D. Nath (12) , Bikash Nepal (7) , Justine Ngoma (13) , Ramesh Pant (6) , Mitra Lal Pathak (14) , Hari Paudel (7) , Bimal Sharma (6) , Md Sarwar Hossain (15) , Bayarbaatar Soronzonbold (9) , Thida Swe (16) , Ichchha Thapa (6) , Achyut Tiwari (17)

1 Indiana State University
2 FAU - Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg = University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
3 CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing]
4 University of Tehran
5 Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
6 Tribhuvan University
7 CDHMTU - Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology [Nepal]
8 University of Melbourne
9 National University of Mongolia
10 RUB - Royal University of Bhutan
11 Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
12 IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry
13 Copperbelt University
14 National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Government of Nepal
15 University of Southampton
16 Forest Research Institute
17 Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

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

Mots clés: Pinus roxburghii; Nepal; Education; Experiential learning; Anthropogenic impact

Domaines: Sylviculture, foresterie; Education

James H. Speer, Achim Bräuning, Qi-Bin Zhang, Kambiz Pourtahmasi, Narayan P. Gaire, et al.. Pinus roxburghii stand dynamics at a heavily impacted site in Nepal: Research through an educational fieldweek. Dendrochronologia, 2016, ⟨10.1016/j.dendro.2016.01.005⟩. ⟨hal-01358740⟩