Description
This is a list of seed plants (angiosperms and gymnopsperms) recorded from the Kangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in North Sikkim, India
Data Records
The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,687 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
ICIMOD (2008) Kangchenjunga Landscape Biodiversity Database
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1c5087e8-5bb7-49ad-95f9-5f387150e5de. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
Keywords
Protected Area; Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR); Kangchenjunga Landscape; India; Species; Plants; Seed Plants; Angiosperms; Gymnopserms; Metadata; Checklist
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Geographic Coverage
The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR) (which includes Kangchenjunga National Park in Sikkim), has an area of 1,784 km2, plus an additional area of 825.92 km2 in the buffer zone. The Reserve is representative of the Eastern Himalayan region containing unique habitats and ecosystems, dense forests, a rich array of flora and fauna, and high mountain ranges including the massive Khangchendzonga (or Kangchenjunga), the third highest peak in the world. With the total area of 2609.92 sq. km, the Reserve is spread across the south, west and north districts of Sikkim state in India. At its western extremity, the Reserve’s boundary runs along the Singhalila Range, which marks the border with Nepal. It is the main catchment area for two important rivers, the Teesta and Rangit. The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve was established to safeguard the diversity and integrity of biotic communities of plants and animals within the natural ecosystem, and the genetic diversity of species. It is also managed for research, education, and training. The Reserve occupies 36.92% of the total land area of Sikkim.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [27.385, 88.041], North East [27.918, 88.657] |
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Project Data
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| Title | Transboundary Biodiversity Management in Kangchenjunga Landscape |
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| Funding | The MacArthur Foundation |
| Study Area Description | The Kangchenjunga Landscape encompasses the southern stretch of landscape surrounding Mt Kangchenjunga (8,586m), which spreads over diverse ecological zones in eastern Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim in India, and western Bhutan. On the northern side, a small part of the northern slope extends into the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 1c5087e8-5bb7-49ad-95f9-5f387150e5de |
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| http://rds.icimod.org:8080/hkh-bif/resource?r=Biospehere |