Forest Research: Open Access
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Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara-15, Kaski, Nepal

Biography

Sujan Khanal is currently working in Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara-15, Kaski, Nepal. He is a recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of subject research. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of Drought impact Sustainable Urban Forestry.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Impact of Invasive Alien Plant Species removal in the Forest Management: Findings from Terai and Mid-Hills of Nepal
  Author(s): Kishor Prasad Bhatta*, Menaka Pant Neupane, Anisha Aryal and Sujan Khanal
  
  Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) are major threat to the earth’s plant biodiversity. With the rapid expansion of IAPS in Nepal, the techniques of using IAPS in form of charcoal have derived profound benefit to the forest condition. This study aims to analyse the effect of removal of IAPS on forest management in terms of plant diversity at regeneration level. In addition, the impact on the species richness, species evenness and stand density was also studied for three community forests representing different physiographic zones of Nepal. Each forest was divided into two blocks- treatment applied block and control block with size of 20 ha each. Treatment block represented the IAPS removed forest area while control block represented forest area with no intervention. The study was conducted using stratified random sampling. Forest inventory with nested circul.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9776.21.10.254

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