Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Dossa, GGO; Schaefer, D; Zhang, J; Tao, J; Tao, J; Corlett, RT; Cunningham, AB; Xu, J; Cornelissen, JHC; Harrison, RD, 2018, "The cover uncovered: bark control over wood decomposition", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/5PQSTA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1, UNF:6:gaNe973OiWneTMxSdanZ4g== [fileUNF]
Woody debris (WD) represents a globally significant carbon stock and its decomposition returns nutrients to the soil while providing habitat to microbes, plants and animals. Understanding what drives WD decomposition is therefore important. 2. WD decomposition rates differ greatl... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Sujakhu, Nani Maiya; Merz, Juerg; Kindt, Roeland; Xu, Jianchu; Matin, Mir A; Ali, Mostafa; Zomer, Robert J, 2018, "Replication Data for: Suitability Analysis and Projected Climate Change Impact on Banana and Coffee Production Zones in Nepal", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/RXALA0, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
The Government of Nepal has identified opportunities in agricultural commercialization, responding to a growing internal demand and expansion of export markets to reduce the immense trade deficit. Several cash crops, including coffee and bananas, have been identified in the recen... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Sujakhu, Nani Maiya; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Niraula, Rabin Raj; Pokharel, Bharat K; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Replication Data for: Farmers' Perceptions of and Adaptations to Changing Climate in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/ZEPGD7, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Knowledge of farmers’ perceptions of and adaptations to climate change is important to inform policies addressing the risk of climate change to farmers. This case study explored those issues in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal through a survey of 365 households and focus group discus... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
You, Jianling; Qin, Xiaoping; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Lougheed, Stephen C; Wang, Mingcheng; Zhou, Wen; Ouyang, Dongxin; Zhou, Yin; Xu, Jianchu; Zhang, Wenju; Wang, Yuguo; Yang, Ji; Song, Zhiping, 2018, "Replication Data for: Response to climate change of montane herbaceous plants in the genus Rhodiola predicted by ecological niche modelling", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/CTV9KA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Climate change profoundly infuences species distributions. These efects are evident in poleward latitudinal range shifts for many taxa, and upward altitudinal range shifts for alpine species, that resulted from increased annual global temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum (... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Sujakhu, Nani Maiya; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Niraula, Rabin Raj; Salim, Muhammad Asad; Nizami, Arjumand; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Replication Data for: Determinants of livelihood vulnerability in farming communities in two sites in the Asian Highlands", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/0YTDW7, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
To identify the indicators of adaptive capacity that determine vulnerability of households, an intensive investigation was conducted in farming communities at two locations in the Asian highlands. Livelihood vulnerability was assessed, classified to four categories and regressed... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Sujakhu, Nani Maiya; Lu, Yang; Wang, Qing; Wang, Mingcheng; He, Jun; Mortimer, Peter E; Xu, Jianchu; Kindt, Roeland; Zomer, Robert J, 2018, "Replication Data for: Climate modelling for agroforestry species selection in Yunnan Province, China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/I4JGIM, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Indigenous agroforestry systems have been practiced for centuries in the Himalaya Mountains and adjoining regions. With the increase of climate change associated risks, enhanced understanding of the impact of climate change and related phenomena on the potential distribution of a... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Wang, Qing; Yang, Li; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Wang, JunJie; Wang, XinRui; Zhang, DongXu; Wang, ZiYang; Huang, YanZi; Zhou, YiMing; Deng, ZhiXiong; Yi, Lubei; Luan, XiaoFeng; El-Kassaby, Yousry A; Guan, Wen-Bin, 2018, "Replication Data for: Distribution and in situ conservation of a relic Chinese oil woody species Xanthoceras sorbifolium (Yellowhorn)", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/U90K15, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
To understand the contemporary and anticipated future (future 30–50 years) distribution of Chinese wild yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge) and to improve the species’ in situ conservation strategy within the network of China’s National Nature Reserves (NNR), we used Biodi... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Rana, Santosh Kumar; Rana, Hum Kala; Ghimire, Suresh Kumar; Shrestha, Krishna Kumar; Ranjitkar, Sailesh, 2018, "Replication Data for: Predicting the impact of climate change on the distribution of two threatened Himalayan medicinal plants of Liliaceae in Nepal", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/IQUVQI, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Predicting the potential distribution of medicinal plants in response to climate change is essential for their conservation and management. Contributing to the management program, this study aimed to predict the distribution of two threatened medicinal plants, Fritillaria cirrhos... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Kim, Kwangchol; Wang, Ming-cheng; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Liu, Suhong; Xu, Jianchu; Zomer, Robert J, 2018, "Replication Data for: Using leaf area index (LAI) to assess vegetation response to drought in Yunnan province of China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/XYOU4Q, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Climatic extremes such as drought have becoming a severe climate-related problem in many regions all over the world that can induce anomalies in vegetation condition. Growth and CO2 uptake by plants are constrained to a large extent by drought. Therefore, it is important to under... |
Aug 7, 2019 - East and Central Asia
Rouzi, Aihemaitijiang; Halik, Ümüt; Thevs, Niels; Welp, Martin; Aishan, Tayierjiang, 2018, "Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/DH9VEA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
This study explores a paradigm of sustainable land use in the oases along the Tarim River of northwest China, where a fragile, semi-arid riparian ecosystem is being damaged by excessive land and water use for agriculture, especially for the growing of cotton. The reliance of agri... |

