Description
This is a list of seed plants (Angiosperms and gymnosperms)recorded from Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, in Nepal.
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 1,026 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
ICIMOD (2008) Kangchenunga Landscape Biodiversity Database
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8eb221b1-483d-4691-86b3-ec3a71576c89. 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 areas; Kangchenjunga Conservation Area; KCA; Kangchnejunga Landscape; Nepal; species; plants; seed plants; angiosperms; gymnosperms; Metadata; Checklist
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Geographic Coverage
The Kangchenjunga Conservation Area lies in the Taplejung district, bordered by Sikkim(India) in the east and Tibet (China) in the north. The area represents high mountain physiographic regions with 65% of its area covered by rocks and ice. The remaining 35% is covered by forests (14.1%). shrubland (10.1%), Grassland (9.2%) and Agricultural land(1.6). The area is well known for its three river valley: the Simbua Khola, the Ghunsa and the Tamur valleys.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [27.481, 87.652], North East [27.951, 88.202] |
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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 | 8eb221b1-483d-4691-86b3-ec3a71576c89 |
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| http://rds.icimod.org:8080/hkh-bif/resource?r=Conservation |