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October 15, 2023

Red panda tourism gives hope in the mid-mountain range of the Eastern Himalaya, yet inappropriate practices may lead to failure

Damber Bista, Greg S. Baxter, Nicholas J. Hudson, Peter John Murray. Letter, Society for Conservation Biology, Vol…

June 30, 2023

Local stakeholders' priorities and perceptions towards forest ecosystem services in the Red panda habitat region of Nepal

Upama Koju, Sikha Karki, Anita Shrestha, Tek Maraseni, Ambika P. Gautam, Tim Cadman, Ang Phuri Sherpa, Sonam Tashi…

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 26, 2022

Seasonal resource selection of an arboreal habitat specialist in a human-dominated landscape: A case study using red panda

Damber Bista, Greg S Baxter, Nicholas J Hudson, Peter J Murray Current Zoology, Volume 69, Issue 1, February 2023,…

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 31, 2022

Are there two species of red panda? Are they equally threatened with extinction?

Angela R. Glatston, Frank Princée, Leobert de Boer Biology and Conservation of the First Panda 2022, Pages…

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 affecting the Himalayan red panda Ailurus fulgens occupancy 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…

July 15, 2018

Pervasive human disturbance on habitats of endangered red panda Ailurus fulgens in the central Himalaya

Krishna Prasad Acharya, Saroj Shrestha, Prakash Kumar Paudel, Ang Phuri Sherpa, Shant Raj Jnawali, Sakshi Acharya,…

April 30, 2018

Distribution, and abundance: piloting arboreal camera trapping as a tool for monitoring endangered red panda in temperate forest of Eastern Nepal

Sonam Lama Thesis, Lincoln University 2018. I investigated the diversity, abundance and terrestrial activity p…

March 31, 2018

Communities in frontline in red panda conservation, eastern Nepal

Damber Bista. The Himalayan Naturalist 2018 1(1), 11-12. 2018. The national red panda Ailurus fulgens survey of…

October 11, 2017

Distribution and habitat use of red panda in the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape of Nepal

Damber Bista, Saroj Shrestha, Peema Sherpa, Gokarna Jung Thapa, Manish Kokh, Sonam Tashi Lama, Kapil Khanal, Arjun…

September 30, 2017

Status of gastrointestinal parasites in Red Panda of Nepal

Bista, Damber, Shrestha, Saroj, Jnawali, Shant, Acharya, Krishna, Acharya, Sakshi, Kunwar, Ajaya. PeerJ 5(10). Sep…

January 1, 2015

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in free-ranging Red Panda Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ailuridae) in Nepal

Sonam Tashi Lama, Rinzin Phunjok Lama, Ganga Ram Regmi & Tirth Raj Ghimire. Journal of Threatened Taxa, Volume…

April 30, 2014

An Overview of the Status and Conservation Initiatives of Red Panda Ailurus fulgens (Cuvier, 1825) in Nepal

Damber Bista, Rajiv Paudel. Nepal Journals Online. April 2014. The existing status of Red Panda Ailurus fulgens…

August 18, 2010

Project Punde Kundo: Community-based Monitoring of a Red Panda Population in Eastern Nepal

Brian H. Williams, Bhagawan R. Dahal, Tulsi R. Subedi. Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (2011), p393-408.…

January 31, 2006

Red panda in eastern Nepal: How do they fit into ecoregional conservation of the eastern Himlaya

Brian H. Williams Conservation Biology in Asia p236-251 January 2006 Ecoregion-based conservation (ERBC) is the crux…

May 31, 2004

The status of the red panda in Jamuna and Mabu villages of Eastern Nepal

Brian H. Williams, L. Siklink, Gary A. Klee. Thesis. May 2004. The status of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)…

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