Name: Deepak Gautam

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Institute of Forestry

Email: dgautam@iofpc.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 14

Total citations: 550

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Dendrochronology, Ethnomedicine, Forestry, Ecology, Wildlife

Teaching:

Silviculture, Rangeland Management, Forest Management, Forest Sociology

•    Bachelor Degree: IOF-2008
•    Master Degree: IOF-2011
•    PhD Degree: Beijing Forestry University, 2024

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Neupane, B., Gautam, N., Miya, M. S., Upadhyaya, A., Timilsina, Y. P., Gautam, D., ... & Dhami, B. (2023). Socio-Economic Contribution of Zanthoxylum armatum (Timur) in the Rural Household Income of Myagdi District, Nepal. Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 21(1), 58-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32526/ennrj/21/202200175
2. Dahal, U., Raut, N., Dhital, A., Mainali, S., Gautam, D., & Tripathi, S. (2023). Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Wild Ungulate Habitat in the Khata Corridor, Bardiya, Nepal. International Journal of Forestry Research, 2023(1), 3981111.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3981111
3. Gautam, D., Gaire, N. P., Subedi, M., Sharma, R. P., Tripathi, S., Sigdel, R., ... & Tong, X. (2022). Moisture, not temperature, in the pre-monsoon influences Pinus wallichiana growth along the altitudinal and aspect gradients in the lower Himalayas of Central Nepal. Forests, 13(11), 1771. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111771
4. Omifolaji, J. K., Ikyaagba, E. T., Alarape, A. A., Jimoh, S. O., Kouassi, C. J., Gautam D., & Xiaofeng, L. U. A. N. (2022). Diversity and Distribution of Anomalures and Squirrels in Oban Hills of Nigeria. Hystrix: The Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 33(1). Doi:https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix00477-2021
5. Thapa, S., Shrestha, S., Adhikari, R. K., Bhattarai, S., Paudel, D., Gautam, D., & Koirala, A. (2022). Residents willingness-to-pay for watershed conservation program facilitating ecosystem services in Begnas watershed, Nepal. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(6), 7811-7832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01759-5
6. Ayer, K., Kandel, P., Gautam, D., Khadka, P., & Miya, M. S. (2022). Comparative Study of Carbon Stock and Tree Diversity between Scientifically and Conventionally Managed Community Forests of Kanchanpur District, Nepal. Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 20(5), 494-504. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32526/ennrj/20/202200010
7. Thagunna, R. S., Chhetri, S. G., Gautam, D., Bhattarai, D., & Thapa, P. S. (2022). Climate change, climatic disasters, and adaptation techniques: learnings from the lowlands of Nepal. Banko Janakari, 32(1), 25-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/banko. v32i1.45443
8. Regmi, S., Neupane, B., Dhami, B., Gautam, D., Panthi, S., & Poudel, M. (2022). Niche breadth and overlap of spotted deer and domestic cattle with swamp deer in tropical region of Nepal. Ecological Processes, 11(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00367-z
9. Gautam, D., Karki, J., Gaire, N. P., Roth, B. E., Bhattarai, S., Thapa, S., ... & Liu, Q. J. (2021). Intra-and interannual climate variability drives the radial growth of Pinus wallichiana in the Nepalese Himalayas. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 13(5-6), 391-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2021.1890258
10. Gautam, D., Shrestha, N. M., Gaire, N. P., Roth, B. E., Jandug, C. M. B., Tong, X. J., & Liu, Q. J. (2021). A 99-year chronology of blue pine (Pinus wallichiana) tree-rings concerning interannual climate variability in the central Himalayas of Nepal. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 19(5), 3519-3532. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1905_35193532