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Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to Director G.B. Pant National Institute of
Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBP NIHESD) for facilities. Financial
support from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India under the National
Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)-Task Force 3 ‘Forest Resources and
Plant Biodiversity’ is gratefully acknowledged.
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Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to Director G.B. Pant National Institute of
Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBP NIHESD) for facilities. Financial
support from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India under the National
Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)-Task Force 3 ‘Forest Resources and
Plant Biodiversity’ is gratefully acknowledged.
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Aryal S, Cockfield G, Maraseni TN (2014) Vulnerability of Himalayan transhumant communities
to climate change. Clim Chang 125(2):193–208
Bajpai O, Pandey J, Chaudhary LB (2016) Periodicity of different phenophases in selected trees
from Himalayan Terai of India. Agro for Syst 91(2):1–12
Barnett TP, Adam JC, Lettenmaier DP (2005) Potential impacts of warming climate on water availability in snow dominated regions. Nature 438:303–309
Beniston M (2003) Climatic change in mountain regions: a review of possible impacts. Clim
Chang 59:5–31
Biswas O, Ghosh R, Paruya DK, Mukherjee B, Thapa KK, Bera S (2016) Can grass phytoliths and
indices be relied on during vegetation and climate interpretations in the eastern Himalayas?
Studies from Darjeeling and Arunachal Pradesh, India. Quat Sci Rev 114:100–115
Carboni M, Guéguen M, Barros C, Georges D, Boulangeat I, Douzet R, Dullinger S, Klonner G,
Kleunen M, Essl F, Bossdorf O (2018) Simulating plant invasion dynamics in mountain ecosystems under global change scenarios. Glob Chang Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13879
Chakraborty A, Joshi PK, Sachdeva K (2016) Predicting distribution of major forest tree species
to potential impacts of climate change in the central Himalayan region. Ecol Eng 97:593–609
Chaturvedi RK, Gopalakrishnan R, Jayaraman M, Bala G, Joshi NV, Sukumar R, Ravindranath NH
(2011) Impact of climate change on Indian forests: a dynamic vegetation modeling approach.
Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Chang 16(2):119–142
Chaudhary P, Bawa KS (2011) Local perceptions of climate change validated by scientific evidence in the Himalayas. Biol Lett 7(5):767–770. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0269
Chettri N, Shakya B, Thapa R, Sharma E (2008) Status of a protected area system in the Hindu
Kush-Himalayas: an analysis of PA coverage. Int J Biodivers Sci Manag 4(3):164–178
Desai BH, Oli KP, Yongping Y, Chettri N, Sharma E (2011) Implementation of the convention
on biological diversity: a retrospective analysis in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan countries.
ICIMOD, Kathmandu
Devkota RP, Pandey VP, Bhattarai U, Shrestha H, Adhikari S, Dula KN (2016) Climate change and
adaptation strategies in Budhi Gandaki River Basin, Nepal: a perception-based analysis. Clim
Chang 140(2):196–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1836-5
Dimri AP, Yasunari T, Wiltshire A, Kumar P, Mathison C, Ridley J, Jacob D (2013) Application of
regional climate models to the Indian winter monsoon over the western Himalayas. Sci Total
Environ 468:36–47
Du MY, Kawashima S, Younemura S, Zhang XZ, Chen SB (2004) Mutual influence between
human activities and climate change in the Tibetan plateau during recent years. Glob Planet
Chang 41(3–4):241–249
Gaira KS, Rawal RS, Rawat B, Bhatt ID (2014) Impact of climate change on the flowering of
Rhododendron arboreum in central Himalaya, India. Curr Sci 106(12):1735–1738
Gautam MR, Timilsina GR, Acharya K (2013) Climate change in the Himalayas: current state
of knowledge. The World Bank Development Research group, Environment & Energy Team,
Policy research working paper WP-6516, p 47
Need for Reorienting Climate Change Research in the Himalaya: Balancing the Approach