To what extent are Nepal’s protected areas protected from plant invasions: an analysis of threats

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 32
• Main Authors: Shrestha, Bharat Babu, Chaudhary, Tulasa, Shrestha, Uttam Babu, Devkota, Anjana, Sharma, Hari Prasad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Biological invasions; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Check lists; climate; Developing countries; Developmental Biology; ecological invasion; Ecology; Environmental impact; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; introduced plants; Invasive plants; Invasive species; issues and policy; LDCs; Life Sciences; Lowlands; mountains; Nepal; Original Paper; Plant ecology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plants; Protected areas; risk; species; Threat evaluation; Threatened species; Wildlife; Nepal; Species distribution modelling; Propagule pressure; Invasive alien plants; Global Biodiversity Framework; Himalaya; Invasion hotspot

Protected areas (PAs), particularly those in developing countries such as Nepal, are facing multiple anthropogenic threats including plant invasions. Despite the population-level recovery of some threatened wildlife species in Nepal’s PAs, their habitats have been degraded by invasive alien plants (...