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March 1, 2022

Land purchase and forest restoration to conserve the Endangered red panda in Nepal

Lama, S., Sherpa, A., Shrestha, J., Sherpa, P., Lama, S., & Bista, D. Cambridge University Press. 1 March 2021…

February 24, 2022

Space use, interaction and recursion in a solitary specialized herbivore: a red panda case study.

Bista, D., Baxter, G. S., Hudson, N. J., Lama, S. T., Weerman, J., & Murray, P. J. Endangered Species Research.…

January 7, 2022

Tigers at higher elevations outside their range: What does it mean for conservation?

Saroj Shrestha, Ang Phuri Sherpa, Sony Lama, Munmun Tamang & Prakash Kumar Paudel Journal on Protected Mountain A…

December 14, 2021

Movement and dispersal of a habitat specialist in human-dominated landscapes: a case study of the red panda.

Bista, D., Baxter, G. S., Hudson, N. J., Lama, S. T., Weerman, J., & Murray, P. J. Movement Ecology 9(1), 1-15.…

November 30, 2021

Forest Watcher: Employing citizen science in forest management of Nepal

Pingault N, Roshetko JM, Meybeck A. eds. 2(021). Asia-Pacific forest sector outlook: Innovative forestry for a su…

November 17, 2021

Development and Testing of an Integrated Sensor Suite for Cookstove Monitoring and Evaluation

Miller, Heather M. Oregon State University, Graduate Thesis or Dissertation. The health and environmental impacts ass…

November 5, 2021

Bamboo distribution in Nepal and its impact on red pandas. In

Bista, D., Bhattrai, B., Shrestha, S., Lama, S. T., Dhamala, M. K., Acharya, K. P., ... & Sherpa, A. P. Red Panda…

November 4, 2021

Red pandas in Nepal: a community-based approach to landscape-level conservation

Sherpa, A. P., Lama, S. T., Shrestha, S., Williams, B., & Bista, D. Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the Fi…

October 27, 2021

Effect of disturbances and habitat fragmentation on an arboreal habitat specialist mammal using GPS telemetry: a case of the red panda

Damber Bista, Greg S. Baxter, Nicholas J. Hudson, Sonam Tashi Lama & Peter John Murray Landscape Ecology. 19 Oct…

September 10, 2021

First record of Bengal Tiger, Panthera tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (Felidae), in eastern Nepal

Bista, D., Lama, S. T., Shrestha, J., Rumba, Y. B., Weerman, J., Thapa, M., ... & Murray, P. J. Check List, 17, 1…

September 9, 2021

Conservation value of upper Mai valley forest in Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) corridor of Eastern Nepal for birds

Inskipp, Carol, Ang Phuri Sherpa, Damber Bista, Hem Sagar Baral, Martijn Bunskoek The Himalayan Naturalist, 2(1). 11-…

April 29, 2021

Assessment of the Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Endangered Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) Habitat in eastern Nepal

Lama, Sony, Saroj Shrestha, Narayan Prasad Koju, Ang Phuri Sherpa, and Munmun Tamang. Open Journal of Ecology 10, no.…

April 2, 2021

Distribution and habitat attributes associated with the Himalayan red panda in the westernmost distribution range

Shrestha, S., Thapa, A., Bista, D., Robinson, N., Sherpa, A. P., Acharya, K. P., ... & Lama, S. Ecology and E…

March 25, 2021

Reaching over the gap: A review of trends in and status of Red Panda research over 193 years (1827-2020)

Karki, S., Marasseni, T., Mackey, B., Bista, D., Lama, S. T., Gautam, A. P., ... & Cadman, T. Science of the Tota…

March 24, 2021

Improved Trapping and Handling of an Arboreal, Montane Mammal: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens

Bista, D., Lama, S. T., Weerman, J., Sherpa, A. P., Pandey, P., Thapa, M. K., ... & Murray, P. J. Animals 11(4),…

December 11, 2020

Landscape variables affectingtheHimalayan red pandaAilurus fulgensoccupancy in wet season along the mountains in Nepal

Kanchan Thapa, Gokarna Jung Thapa, Damber Bista, Shant Raj Jnawali, Krishna Prasad Acharya, Kapil Khanal, Ram Chandra…

April 30, 2020

The endangered Himalayan Red Panda: first photographic evidence from its westernmost distribution range.

Shrestha, S., Lama, S., Sherpa, A. P., Ghale, D., & Lama, S. T. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(5), 18156-1816…

February 17, 2020

What is Driving the Increased Demand for Red Panda Pelts?

Damber Bista Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 17 Feb 2020. Recent seizures of red panda pelts suggest an increasing ill…

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