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Modelling of heat stress in a robotic dairy farm. Part 2: identifying the specific thresholds with production factors
Ji, Boyu, Banhazi, Thomas, Ghahramani, Afshin, Bowtell, Les, Wang, Chaoyuan and Li, Baoming. 2020. "Modelling of heat stress in a robotic dairy farm. Part 2: identifying the specific thresholds with production factors." Biosystems Engineering. 199, pp. 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.11.005

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Scientific Forest Management Practice in Nepal: Critical Reflections from Stakeholders' Perspectives
Poudyal, Bishnu Hari, Maraseni, Tek and Cockfield, Geoff. 2019. "Scientific Forest Management Practice in Nepal: Critical Reflections from Stakeholders' Perspectives." Forests. 11 (1), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010027

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Multiple conceptualizations of nature are key to inclusivity and legitimacy in global environmental governance
Coscieme, Luca, Silva Hyldmo, Hakon da, Fernandez-Llamazares, Álvaro, Palomo, Ignacio, Mwampamba, Tuyeni H., Selomane, Odirilwe, Sitas, Nadia, Jaureguiberry, Pedro, Takahashi, Yasuo, Lim, Michelle, Barral, Maria P., Farinaci, Juliana S., Diaz-Jose, Julio, Ghosh, Sonali, Ojino, Joyce, Alassaf, Amani, Baatuuwie, Bernard N., Balint, Lenke, Basher, Zeenatul, ..., Valle, Mireia. 2020. "Multiple conceptualizations of nature are key to inclusivity and legitimacy in global environmental governance." Environmental Science and Policy. 104, pp. 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.10.018

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Financial returns from collaborative investment models of Eucalyptus agroforestry plantations in Lao PDR
Phimmavong, Somvang, Maraseni, Tek Narayan, Keenan, Rodney J. and Cockfield, Geoff. 2019. "Financial returns from collaborative investment models of Eucalyptus agroforestry plantations in Lao PDR." Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use. 87, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104060

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When parasitism brings prosperity: a case of Yarsagunbu (caterpillar fungus) harvesting and trade in Nepal
Shrestha, Uttam Babu. 2019. "When parasitism brings prosperity: a case of Yarsagunbu (caterpillar fungus) harvesting and trade in Nepal." Studies in Nepali history and society. 24 (2), pp. 415-431.

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Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals
Mastrangelo, Matias E., Perez-Harguindeguy, Natalia, Enrico, Lucas, Bennett, Elena, Lavorel, Sandra, Cumming, Graeme S., Abeygunawardane, Dilini, Amarilla, Leonardo D., Burkhard, Benjamin, Egoh, Benis N., Frishkoff, Luke, Galetto, Leonardo, Huber, Sibyl, Karp, Daniel S., Ke, Alison, Kowaljow, Esteban, Kronenburg-Garcia, Angela, Locatelli, Bruno, Martin-Lopez, Berta, ..., Zoeller, Kim. 2019. "Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals." Nature Sustainability. 2 (12), pp. 1115-1121. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0412-1

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An assessment of governance quality for community-based forest management systems in Asia: Prioritisation of governance indicators at various scales
Maraseni, Tek Narayan, Bhattarai, Nabin, Karky, Bhaskar Singh, Cadman, Timothy, Timalsina, Niroj, Bhandari, Trishna Singh, Apan, Armando, Ma, Hwan Ok, Rawat, R. S., Verma, Nemit, San, Su Mon, Oo, Thaung Naing, Dorji, Kinley, Dhungana, Sindhu and Poudel, Mohan. 2019. "An assessment of governance quality for community-based forest management systems in Asia: Prioritisation of governance indicators at various scales." Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use. 81, pp. 750-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.11.044

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The role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholders to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: Evidence from Indonesia
Cadman, Tim, Sarker, Tapan, Muttaqin, Zahrul, Nurfatriani, Firti and Maraseni, Tek. 2019. "The role of fiscal instruments in encouraging the private sector and smallholders to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: Evidence from Indonesia." Forest Policy and Economics. 108, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.04.017

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Application of multi-criteria decision making and GIS for check dam layout in the Ilanlu basin, northwest of Hamadan Province, Iran
Ildoromi, Ali Reza, Sepehri, Mehdi, Malekinezhad, Hossein, Kiani-Harchegani, Mahboobeh, Ghahramani, Afshin, Hosseini, Seyed Zeynalabedin and Artimani, Mohammad Mehdi. 2019. "Application of multi-criteria decision making and GIS for check dam layout in the Ilanlu basin, northwest of Hamadan Province, Iran." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 114, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2019.10.002

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Increasing tiger mortality in Nepal: a bump in the road?
Bhandari, Shivish, Shrestha, Uttam Babu and Aryal, Achyut. 2019. "Increasing tiger mortality in Nepal: a bump in the road?" Biodiversity and Conservation. 28 (14), pp. 4115-4118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01849-x

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Modelling of heat stress in a robotic dairy farm. Part 1: thermal comfort indices as the indicators of production loss
Ji, Boyu, Banhazi, Thomas, Ghahramani, Afshin, Bowtell, Les, Wang, Chaoyuan and Li, Baoming. 2020. "Modelling of heat stress in a robotic dairy farm. Part 1: thermal comfort indices as the indicators of production loss." Biosystems Engineering. 199, pp. 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.11.004

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Assessment of check dams’ role in flood hazard mapping in a semi-arid environment
Sepehri, Mehdi, Ildoromi, Ali Reza, Malekinezhad, Hossein, Ghahramani, Afshin, Ekhtesasi, Mohammad Reza, Cao, Chen and Kiani-Harchegani, Mahboobeh. 2019. "Assessment of check dams’ role in flood hazard mapping in a semi-arid environment." Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 10 (1), pp. 2239-2256. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2019.1692079

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Effectiveness of Gravity Goods Ropeways in market participation of smallholder farmers in uplands
KC, Diwakar, Maraseni, Tek, Jamir, Chubamenla, Thapa Magar, Ritendra and Tuladhar, Florencia. 2020. "Effectiveness of Gravity Goods Ropeways in market participation of smallholder farmers in uplands." Transportation. 47 (3), pp. 1393-1414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9970-8

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Re-examining the flocculating power of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium for a broad range of soils
Zhu, Yingcan, Ali, Aram, Dang, Aaditi, Wandel, Andrew P. and Bennett, John McLean. 2019. "Re-examining the flocculating power of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium for a broad range of soils." Geoderma. 352, pp. 422-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.05.041

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Climate change amplifies plant invasion hotspots in Nepal
Shrestha, Uttam Babu and Shrestha, Bharat Babu. 2019. "Climate change amplifies plant invasion hotspots in Nepal." Diversity and Distributions. 25, pp. 1599-1612. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.27257r3.

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Cost analysis of FSC forest certification and opportunities to cover the costs a case study of Quang Tri FSC group in Central Vietnam
Hoang, Hai Thi, Hoshino, Satoshi, Onitsuka, Kenichiro and Maraseni, Tek. 2019. "Cost analysis of FSC forest certification and opportunities to cover the costs a case study of Quang Tri FSC group in Central Vietnam." Journal of Forest Research. 24 (3), pp. 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2019.1610993

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Towards an economic decision support system for amelioration of soil constraints in the Northern Grains Region
Ghahramani, Afshin, An-Vo, Duc-Anh, Rochecouste, John, Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Roberton, Stirling, Bennett, John McLean and Cockfield, Geoff. 2018. Towards an economic decision support system for amelioration of soil constraints in the Northern Grains Region. Toowoomba, Australia. University of Southern Queensland.

Technical report

Developing HowLeaky platform for improved governance, facilitation of development, and open reproducible science: final report
Ghahramani, Afshin, Anderson, Roy and Doherty, Al. 2019. Developing HowLeaky platform for improved governance, facilitation of development, and open reproducible science: final report. Toowoomba, Australia. University of Southern Queensland.

Technical report

Field-scale effects of elevated ozone and diesel exhaust emissions on insect pollination and natural enemy recruitment
Ryalls, J.M.W., Langford, B., Mullinger, N.J., Bromfield, L.M., Nemitz, E., Pfrang, C. and Girling, R.D.. 2020. "Field-scale effects of elevated ozone and diesel exhaust emissions on insect pollination and natural enemy recruitment." British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2019. Belfast, Northern Ireland 10 - 13 Dec 2019

Presentation

Assessing the Sensitivity of Site-Specific Lime and Gypsum Recommendations to Soil Sampling Techniques and Spatial Density of Data Collection in Australian Agriculture: A Pedometric Approach
Roberton, Stirling, Bennett, John McL., Lobsey, Craig R. and Bishop, Thomas F. A.. 2020. "Assessing the Sensitivity of Site-Specific Lime and Gypsum Recommendations to Soil Sampling Techniques and Spatial Density of Data Collection in Australian Agriculture: A Pedometric Approach ." Agronomy. 10 (11), pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10111676

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Implications of selective harvesting of natural forests for forest product recovery and forest carbon emissions: cases from Tarai Nepal and Queensland Australia
Poudyal, Bishnu Hari, Maraseni, Tek Narayan and Cockfield, Geoff. 2019. "Implications of selective harvesting of natural forests for forest product recovery and forest carbon emissions: cases from Tarai Nepal and Queensland Australia." Forests. 10 (8), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10080693

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Improved prediction of farm nitrous oxide emission through an understanding of the interaction among climate extremes, soil nitrogen dynamics and irrigation water
Maraseni, Tek and Kodur, Shreevatsa. 2019. "Improved prediction of farm nitrous oxide emission through an understanding of the interaction among climate extremes, soil nitrogen dynamics and irrigation water." Journal of Environmental Management. 248, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109278

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Valuing seasonal climate forecasts in the northern Australia beef industry
Cobon, D. H., Darbyshire, R., Crean, J., Kodur, S., Simpson, M. and Jarvis, C.. 2020. "Valuing seasonal climate forecasts in the northern Australia beef industry." Weather, Climate and Society. 12 (1), pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0018.1

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Monthly rainfall forecasting with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations integrated with statistical bivariate copulas
Ali, Mumtaz, Deo, Ravinesh C., Downs, Nathan J. and Maraseni, Tek. 2020. "Monthly rainfall forecasting with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations integrated with statistical bivariate copulas." Samui, Pijush, Bui, Dieu Tien, Chakraborty, Subrata and Deo, Ravinesh C. (ed.) Handbook of probabilistic models. Oxford, United Kingdom. Elsevier. pp. 89-105

Edited book (chapter)

Yartsagunbu: transforming people's livelihoods in the Western Himalaya
Yadav, Pramod Kumar, Saha, Subhajit, Mishra, Ashish Kumar, Kapoor, Mohnish, Kaneria, Manendra, Kaneria, Manish, Dasgupta, Sabyasachi and Shrestha, Uttam Babu. 2019. "Yartsagunbu: transforming people's livelihoods in the Western Himalaya." Oryx: journal of fauna and flora international. 53 (2), pp. 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318000674

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Soil organic carbon in semiarid alpine regions: the spatial distribution, stock estimation, and environmental controls
Zhu, Meng, Feng, Qi, Zhang, Mengxu, Liu, Wei, Deo, Ravinesh C., Zhang, Chengqi and Yang, Linshan. 2019. "Soil organic carbon in semiarid alpine regions: the spatial distribution, stock estimation, and environmental controls." Journal of Soils and Sediments: protection, risk assessment and remediation. 19 (10), pp. 3427-3441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02295-6

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Spatial and temporal variations of embodied carbon emissions in China’s infrastructure
Bai, Jing, Qu, Jiansheng, Maraseni, Tek Narayan, Wu, Jinjia, Xu, Li and Fan, Yujie. 2019. "Spatial and temporal variations of embodied carbon emissions in China’s infrastructure." Sustainability. 11 (3), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030749

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Value of seasonal climate forecasts in reducing economic losses for grazing enterprises: Charters Towers case study
An-Vo, Duc-Anh, Reardon-Smith, Kate, Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Cobon, David, Kodur, Shreevatsa and Stone, Roger. 2019. "Value of seasonal climate forecasts in reducing economic losses for grazing enterprises: Charters Towers case study." The Rangeland Journal. 41 (3), pp. 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ18004

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Rescuing forests from the carbon trap
Ojha, Hemant, Maraseni, Tek, Nightingale, Andrea, Bhattarai, Basundhara and Khatri, Dil. 2019. "Rescuing forests from the carbon trap." Forest Policy and Economics. 101, pp. 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.007

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Impacts of forest management on tree species richness and composition: Assessment of forest management regimes in Tarai landscape Nepal
Poudyal, Bishnu Hari, Maraseni, Tek Narayan and Cockfield, Geoff. 2019. "Impacts of forest management on tree species richness and composition: Assessment of forest management regimes in Tarai landscape Nepal." Applied Geography. 111, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102078

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Magnesic soils: first principle soil management strategies for increased productivity
Zhu, Yingcan. 2019. Magnesic soils: first principle soil management strategies for increased productivity. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/fp4j-sj70

PhD Thesis

Science in South Asia
Shrestha, Uttam Babu and Bhadra, Anindita. 2019. "Science in South Asia." Science. 364 (6447), p. 1211. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay4475

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Climate change in Nepal: a comprehensive analysis of instrumental data and people’s perceptions
Shrestha, Uttam Babu, Shrestha, Asheshwor Man, Aryal, Suman, Shrestha, Sujata, Gautam, Madhu Sudan and Ojha, Hemant. 2019. "Climate change in Nepal: a comprehensive analysis of instrumental data and people’s perceptions." Climatic Change: an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic change. 154 (3-4), pp. 315-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02418-5

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Improving SPI-derived drought forecasts incorporating synoptic-scale climate indices in multi-phase multivariate empirical mode decomposition model hybridized with simulated annealing and kernel ridge regression algorithms
Ali, Mumtaz, Deo, Ravinesh C., Maraseni, Tek and Downs, Nathan J.. 2019. "Improving SPI-derived drought forecasts incorporating synoptic-scale climate indices in multi-phase multivariate empirical mode decomposition model hybridized with simulated annealing and kernel ridge regression algorithms." Journal of Hydrology. 576, pp. 164-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.06.032

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Local users and other stakeholders’ perceptions of the identification and prioritization of ecosystem services in fragile mountains: a case study of Chure Region of Nepal
Acharya, Ram Prasad, Maraseni, Tek Narayan and Cockfield, Geoff. 2019. "Local users and other stakeholders’ perceptions of the identification and prioritization of ecosystem services in fragile mountains: a case study of Chure Region of Nepal." Forests. 10 (5), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10050421

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Meeting national emissions reduction obligations: a case study of Australia
Maraseni, Tek and Reardon-Smith, Kathryn. 2019. "Meeting national emissions reduction obligations: a case study of Australia." Energies. 12 (3), pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12030438

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Incorporating forests, agriculture, and energy consumption in the framework of the Environmental Kuznets Curve: a dynamic panel data approach
Parajuli, Rajan, Joshi, Omkar and Maraseni, Tek. 2019. "Incorporating forests, agriculture, and energy consumption in the framework of the Environmental Kuznets Curve: a dynamic panel data approach." Sustainability. 11 (9), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092688

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The impact of income on household CO2 emissions in China based on a large sample survey
Qu, Jiansheng, Liu, Lina, Zeng, Jingjing, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Wang, Jinping, Pei, Huijuan, Dong, Liping, Liao, Qin and Maraseni, Tek. 2019. "The impact of income on household CO2 emissions in China based on a large sample survey." Science Bulletin. 64 (6), pp. 351-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2019.02.001

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Road hogs: implications from GPS collared feral swine in pastureland habitat on the general utility of road-based observation techniques for assessing abundance
Boughton, Raoul K., Allen, Benjamin L., Tillman, Eric A., Wisely, Samantha M. and Engeman, Richard M.. 2019. "Road hogs: implications from GPS collared feral swine in pastureland habitat on the general utility of road-based observation techniques for assessing abundance." Ecological Indicators. 99, pp. 171-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.12.022

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Environmental and economic impacts and trade-offs from simultaneous management of soil constraints, nitrogen and water
Kodur, Shreevatsa, Shrestha, Uttam Babu, Maraseni, Tek Narayan and Deo, Ravinesh C.. 2019. "Environmental and economic impacts and trade-offs from simultaneous management of soil constraints, nitrogen and water." Journal of Cleaner Production. 222, pp. 960-970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.079

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