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Keshab Shrestha
Researcher at American Museum of Natural History
Publications - 18
Citations - 405
Keshab Shrestha is an academic researcher from American Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Organic matter & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications receiving 370 citations. Previous affiliations of Keshab Shrestha include Tribhuvan University.
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Traditional herbal medicine in Far-west Nepal: a pharmacological appraisal
TL;DR: Traditional herbal medicine has flourished in rural areas where modern medicine is parsimoniously accessed because of the high cost and long travel time to health center, and the latest pharmacological findings, common Ayurvedic and earlier uses were consistent.
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Underutilized plant species in Far West Nepal
Ripu M. Kunwar,Laxmi Mahat,Lila Nath Sharma,Keshab Shrestha,Hiroo Kominee,Rainer W. Bussmann +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the current status, uses, and management of underutilized plant species in Far West Nepal is described. And the relative importance of 49 underutilised plant species was computed employing a Relative Importance (RI) technique.
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Organic matter stimulates bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Bauhinia purpurea and Leucaena diversifolia plantations on eroded slopes in Nepal
TL;DR: Different AM spore communities and bacterial profiles were obtained with different organic amendments and this suggests a possible way of selecting for specific microbial communities in the management of eroded sites.
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Relation of medicinal plants, their use patterns and availability in the lower Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal
Ripu M. Kunwar,Keshab Shrestha,Sulochan Malla,Tulasi Acharya,Arthur Sementelli,Durga Kutal,Rainer W. Bussmann +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the factors influencing indigenous knowledge of medicinal plant collection and utilization in the lower Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal and found that the area is rich in useful plants and indigenous therapeutic knowledge.
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Studies on Some Limnological Variables in Subtropical Lakes of the Pokhara Valley, Nepal
Masami Nakanishi,Makoto M. Watanabe,Akira Terashima,Yoshihiko Sako,Toshifumi Konda,Keshab Shrestha,Hemanta R. Bhandary,Yuzaburo Ishida +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, some limnological variables were investigated and analyzed in Phewa, Begnas and Rupa Lakes of Nepal in the late-monsoon and dry seasons.