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

October 15, 2023

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

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

June 30, 2023

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

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

March 1, 2022

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

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

February 26, 2022

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

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

February 24, 2022

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

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

January 31, 2022

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

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

January 7, 2022

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

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

December 14, 2021

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

Forest Watcher: Employing citizen science in forest management of Nepal

November 30, 2021

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

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

November 17, 2021

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

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

November 5, 2021

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

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

November 4, 2021

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

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

October 27, 2021

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

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

September 10, 2021

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

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

September 9, 2021

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

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

April 29, 2021

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

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

April 2, 2021

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

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

March 25, 2021

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

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

March 24, 2021

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

Landscape variables affecting the Himalayan red panda Ailurus fulgens occupancy in wet season along the mountains in Nepal

December 11, 2020

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

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

April 30, 2020

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

What is Driving the Increased Demand for Red Panda Pelts?

February 17, 2020

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

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

July 15, 2018

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

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

April 30, 2018

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

Communities in frontline in red panda conservation, eastern Nepal

March 31, 2018

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

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

October 11, 2017

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

Status of gastrointestinal parasites in Red Panda of Nepal

September 30, 2017

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

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

January 1, 2015

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

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

April 30, 2014

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

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

August 18, 2010

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

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

January 31, 2006

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

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

May 31, 2004

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

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