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Abstract

A Review on Dendrochronological Potentiality of the Major Tree Species of Nepal

Deepak Gautam*, Saroj Basnet, Pawan Karki, Bibhuti Thapa, Pratik Ojha, Ujjwal Poudel, Sangeeta Gautam, Dinesh Adhikari, Alisha Sharma, Mahamad Sayab Miya and Ashish Thapa

Several researches related to dendrochronological field are carried out in Nepal. Silvicultural characteristics, distribution, associated species, climatic response of the species are very essential to understand the nature of species before conducting dendrochronological research. The objective of this research is to assess the dendrochronological potentiality of the major tree species so far studied in Nepal. For this, we have used Google engine to search published articles through March 2020 and listed out the name of the species used so far for the dendrochronological studies in Nepal. We were able to record the species Abies pindrow, Abies spectabilis, Betula utilis, Cedrus deodara, Cupressus torulosa, Larix potaninii, Picea smithiana, Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana, Rhodendendron campanulatum, Tsuga dumusa and Ulmus wallichiana from the published research articles and review articles till March 2020. We have also accessed why the dendrochronologist has chosen these species for their research in Nepal. It was found that most of them are Himalayan conifers and have climatic signals with clear annual tree rings which can be easy to date with each other.

Published Date: 2020-06-03; Received Date: 2020-04-21