{"id":8843,"date":"2025-10-16T06:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8843"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:12:23","slug":"dr-yonten-dorji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/?page_id=8843","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Yonten Dorji"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8843\" class=\"elementor elementor-8843\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f9894f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f9894f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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Dorji<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6d1c7e elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"3d6d1c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1031\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1031\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><a href=\"\">Personal Infromation<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1032\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1032\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><a 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role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1031\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Yonten Dorji<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sr. Lecturer\/ Researcher<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">College of Natural Resources<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Royal University of Bhutan<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Punakha, Bhutan<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:Ydorji.cnr@rub.edu.bt\">Ydorji.cnr@rub.edu.bt<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alt Email: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:Yonten.dorji@uni-goettingen.de\">Yonten.dorji@uni-goettingen.de<\/a> Phone (O): +975 2 376249<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ORCID ID: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6508-9582\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6508-9582<\/a> ResearchGate: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yonten-Dorji\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yonten-Dorji<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Google Scholar Profile: <u>https:\/\/scholar.google.de\/citations?user=jzTSd4wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1032\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Educational Backgrounds<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1032\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1032\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PhD in Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology from the University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany [2019 \u2013 2023]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MSc in Climatology &amp; Mountain Forestry, BOKU University, Austria [2013\u00a0to 2015]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BSc (Hons) Environmental Botany, University of Queensland, Australia [2005 to 2008]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1033\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Job Experience<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1033\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1033\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Programme Leader for MSc Conservation Biology Programme, CNR [2024 \u2013 Ongoing]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Expatriate Employee as Researcher for <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forstfakultaet\">Fakult\u00e4t Forstwissenschaften, Georg-August Universit\u00e4t, <\/a>Germany [2019 \u2013 2022]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Head of the Department of Forest Science at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan [2016 \u2013 2019]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Sector Advisory Committee Member for Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan [2016 \u2013 2019]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Committee Member for UNESCO Madenjeet Centre for South Asia Forestry, earlier based in UWICER, Bumthang, Bhutan [2016 \u2013 2018]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Committee Member of the College Research Committee [CRC] and the College Academic Committee [CAC] at CNR, Royal University of Bhutan.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Principal Supervisor for PhD and MSc research candidates<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Programme Leader for BSc Forestry [2009 \u2013 2013]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reviewer for Journal of<em> Trees<\/em>, Springer NATURE<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reviewer for Journal of <em>Plant Genetics Resources<\/em>, Cambridge University Press<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Section Editor and Reviewer for BJNRD [Bhutan Journal of Natural Resource Development]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1034\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Area<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1034\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1034\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grants (Funded Research\/ Projects):<\/span><\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SortiScan- Assessment of quality attributes and automated quality grading of standing trees through the use of mobile laser scanning. 2019-01 to 2021-01 | Contract Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (G\u00f6ttingen, Lower Saxony, DE) GRANT_NUMBER: 844732 <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100018686\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100018686<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rapid assessment of roadside bird diversity in Punakha District, 2018-02 to 2020-05 | Grant Royal University of Bhutan (Thimphu, BT) FUNDREF: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100014156\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100014156<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Klimab\u00e4ume Stutel Project \u2018Urban Green 2021+\u2019: Selecting Urban and Climate Resilient Trees. In partnership with LWG Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture, Veitshochheim, Germany 2020-01 to 2023-01 | Contract REF: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lwg.bayern.de\/landespflege\/urbanes_gruen\/085113\/\">https:\/\/www.lwg.bayern.de\/landespflege\/urbanes_gruen\/085113\/<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00468-023-02479-1\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00468-023-02479-1<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CNR Project Coordinator for 41 Trainings to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry officials, funded by EU-TCP, European Union Project. 2017-01 to 2019-01 | EU-TCP Project FUNDREF: CNR-EUTCP, MoAF<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assessment of nutrients from <em>Parthenium<\/em> <em>hystephorus<\/em> compost using different inoculants 2017-07 to 2019-02 | Grant FUNDREF: Royal University of Bhutan (Thimphu, BT)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Coccinellidae diversity of Bhutan (Insecta: Coleoptera) 2017-03 to 2019-04 | Grant AURG grant (Thimphu, Bhutan, BT) <u>URL: <\/u><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00305316.2021.1930604\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00305316.2021.1930604<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assessment of Biomass, Carbon Stock and Climate Change Mitigation Potentials of Balcooa Bamboo 2017-02 to 2018-03 | Award Royal University of Bhutan (Thimphu, Bhutan, BT) FUNDREF: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100014156\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13039\/501100014156<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Area of Interests:<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forest Ecology | Climate Change | Forest Structure &amp; Dynamics | Carbon Sequestration | Fine root biomass | Terrestrial Laser Scanning | Silviculture<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1035\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1035\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1035\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PhD with Outstanding grade: <em>\u201cMagna Cum Laude\u201d <\/em>from Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bronze medal from His Majesty the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, for the dedicated ten years of service to the Nation.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1036\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications and Projects<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1036\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1036\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Publications with DOI:<\/span><\/h4><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Isasa, E., Pierick, K. et al. Insights into the relationship between hydraulic safety, hydraulic efficiency and tree structural complexity from terrestrial laser scanning and fractal analysis. Trees 38, 221\u2013239 (2024). <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00468-023-02479-1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00468-023-<\/a><\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00468-023-02479-1\">02479-1<\/a><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Schuldt, B., Neudam, L., Dorji, R., Middleby, K., Isasa, E., &#8230; &amp; Seidel, D. (2021). Three-dimensional quantification of tree architecture from mobile laser scan- ning and geometry analysis. Trees, 35, 1385-1398. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00468-021-02124-9\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/ar-<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00468-021-02124-9\">ticle\/10.1007\/s00468-021-02124-9<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Annigh\u00f6fer P, Ammer C, Seidel D (2019): Response of beech (Fagus <em>syl- vatica <\/em>) trees to competition- new insights from using fractal analysis. <em>Remote Sens- ing <\/em>11 (22): 2656. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs11222656\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs11222656<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ahmed, I.U., <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Chhetri, P.B. (2023). Soil C Sequestration in Himalayan Land- scape: Impacts of Vegetation and Edaphic Interactions Under Changing Climate. In: Mishra, G., Giri, K., Nath, A.J., Francaviglia, R. (eds) Soil Carbon Dynamics in Indian Himalayan Springer, Singapore. <u>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-99-3303-7_2<\/u><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Waiba, N., &amp; <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>. (2024). From National to Local: A Comprehensive Vulnerabil- ity Assessment Framework for Climate Change Adaptation in Bhutan. <em>bioRxiv<\/em>. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-5037109\/v1\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-5037109\/v1<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Himes, A., Bauhus, J., <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Adhikari, S. et al. Forestry in the Face of Global Change: Results of a Global Survey of <em>Current Forestry Reports <\/em>9, 473\u2013 489 (2023). <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40725-023-00205-1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40725-023-00205-1<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rabten, T., <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., &amp; Tobgay, T. (2024). Assessment of Terrestrial Carbon Stock: Evaluating Forest Structure and its Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Ecotone Re- gion in Gama Luma. RSquare. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-99-3303-7_2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-99-3303-7_2<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seidel D, Ehbrecht M, <strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Jambay J, Ammer C, Annigh\u00f6fer P (2019) Identifying architectural characteristics that determine tree structural Springer Nature: <em>Trees <\/em>&#8211; <em>Structure and Function <\/em>33: 911-919. DOI: <u>10.1007 \/ s00468-019-01827-4<\/u><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dolkar, T., &amp; <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>. (2024). Exploring the Regeneration Dynamics and Conserva- tion Threats to Endemic Rhododendron kesangiae (DG Long &amp; Rushforth) in Bhutan&#8217;s National Botanical Park at Lungchutse, Dochula. bioRxiv, 2024-09. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.09.03.610747\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.09.03.610747<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Schuldt, , Neudam, L. et al. (2021) New insights into tree architecture from mobile laser scanning and geometry analysis. <em>Dryad<\/em>. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5061\/dryad.2fqz612n6\">10.5061\/dryad.2fqz612n6<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dorji, , &amp; <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>. (2024). Insights into the Spatial Ecology of Sambar Deer (<em>Cervus<\/em><em> unicolor<\/em>) in Bhutan\u2019s Protected Area at Phrumsengla National Park: Habitat Preferences and Conservation Challenges. <em>bioRxiv<\/em>, 2024-08. DOI: <u>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-<\/u> <u>4957866\/v1<\/u><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>., Isasa, E., Cabral, J., Tobgay, T., Annigh\u00f6fer, P., Schuldt, B., &amp; Seidel, D. (2023). Insights into the relationship between hydraulic safety, hydraulic efficiency and tree structural complexity from terrestrial laser scanning and fractal Research Square. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-2744981\/v1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21203\/rs.3.rs-2744981\/v1<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nidup, and <strong>Dorji, Y<\/strong>. (2024). Assessing Aquatic Avian Biodiversity along Hydropower Dam Gradient: Understanding Impacts of Kurichhu Dam-Induced River Fragmentation in Kurrichu River Basin. <em>bioRxiv<\/em>, pp.2024-09. <\/span>DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.09.18.613804\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.09.18.613804<\/a><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"14\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji, Y <\/strong>and Seidel, D. New insights into drivers and passengers of tree architecture. PhD Dissertation Published by Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t Gottingen, Germany. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.53846\/goediss-9891\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.53846\/goediss-9891<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">K, Jambay. J, <strong>Dorji. Y<\/strong>, Gyelpo. T, Wangda. L. (2020) A pictorial guide to roadside Avifauna of Punakha District, Bhutan &#8211; Pocket field guide. College of Natural Resources<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y, <\/strong>Annigh\u00f6fer P, Ammer C, Seidel D (2019) Response of internal architecture of beech (Fagus sylvatica ) trees to intra and interspecific competition. Science Meeting of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, Gf\u00f6 Conference paper, Munster, Germany. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gfoe.org\/de\/node\/1562\">https:\/\/www.gfoe.org\/de\/node\/1562<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Godbold, DL (2016). <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350940734_The_Effects_of_Experimental_Drought_on_the_Fine_Root_Biomass_of_Two_Different_Altitudinal_Forests_of_Bhutan?_sg%5B0%5D=vCZcp7fJ1rysy14D1rBnRbmI-HH1ro3G-dADiojDFdr_0Y245B0f74iMEzYJiuBeIzoPkmUTm1kwdSBSMmb0NGyzbIqQaAot2OZg7If6.6FLY9sqiw-Gs7mw4e_3maMA0pEpVGYBGGwq22cmHzV8LuewYmpMn1pqsTzbvIFNe9j1EddIOrH3-BY1A6VoQ_Q\">The Effects of Experimental Drought on the Fine Root<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350940734_The_Effects_of_Experimental_Drought_on_the_Fine_Root_Biomass_of_Two_Different_Altitudinal_Forests_of_Bhutan?_sg%5B0%5D=vCZcp7fJ1rysy14D1rBnRbmI-HH1ro3G-dADiojDFdr_0Y245B0f74iMEzYJiuBeIzoPkmUTm1kwdSBSMmb0NGyzbIqQaAot2OZg7If6.6FLY9sqiw-Gs7mw4e_3maMA0pEpVGYBGGwq22cmHzV8LuewYmpMn1pqsTzbvIFNe9j1EddIOrH3-BY1A6VoQ_Q\">Biomass of Two Different Altitudinal Forests of <\/a> Master Dissertation. BOKU Uni- versity, Vienna, Austria.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yonten S, <strong>Dorji Y. <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/308522585_Influence_of_forest_fire_frequency_on_nest-site_selection_and_nest-use_by_White-bellied_heron_Ardea_insignis_at_Athang_Gewog_under_Wangdiphodrang_Dzongkhag?_sg%5B0%5D=vCZcp7fJ1rysy14D1rBnRbmI-HH1ro3G-dADiojDFdr_0Y245B0f74iMEzYJiuBeIzoPkmUTm1kwdSBSMmb0NGyzbIqQaAot2OZg7If6.6FLY9sqiw-Gs7mw4e_3maMA0pEpVGYBGGwq22cmHzV8LuewYmpMn1pqsTzbvIFNe9j1EddIOrH3-BY1A6VoQ_Q\">Influence of forest fire frequency on nest-site selection and nest-<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/308522585_Influence_of_forest_fire_frequency_on_nest-site_selection_and_nest-use_by_White-bellied_heron_Ardea_insignis_at_Athang_Gewog_under_Wangdiphodrang_Dzongkhag?_sg%5B0%5D=vCZcp7fJ1rysy14D1rBnRbmI-HH1ro3G-dADiojDFdr_0Y245B0f74iMEzYJiuBeIzoPkmUTm1kwdSBSMmb0NGyzbIqQaAot2OZg7If6.6FLY9sqiw-Gs7mw4e_3maMA0pEpVGYBGGwq22cmHzV8LuewYmpMn1pqsTzbvIFNe9j1EddIOrH3-BY1A6VoQ_Q\">use by White-bellied heron (<em>Ardea<\/em> <em>insignis<\/em>) at Athang Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/308522585_Influence_of_forest_fire_frequency_on_nest-site_selection_and_nest-use_by_White-bellied_heron_Ardea_insignis_at_Athang_Gewog_under_Wangdiphodrang_Dzongkhag?_sg%5B0%5D=vCZcp7fJ1rysy14D1rBnRbmI-HH1ro3G-dADiojDFdr_0Y245B0f74iMEzYJiuBeIzoPkmUTm1kwdSBSMmb0NGyzbIqQaAot2OZg7If6.6FLY9sqiw-Gs7mw4e_3maMA0pEpVGYBGGwq22cmHzV8LuewYmpMn1pqsTzbvIFNe9j1EddIOrH3-BY1A6VoQ_Q\">Dzongkhag (2018).<\/a> Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Bhutan. Rufford Funded. <u>https:\/\/<\/u><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rufford.org\/projects\">rufford.org\/projects<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Ahmed IU, Godbold DL, Wangdi N, (2017). Vegetative and edaphic control on soil C storage in altitudinal forests of Himalayan Poster at the Gf\u00f6 Conference. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.13140\/RG.2.2.33514.72641\">10.13140\/RG.2.2.33514.72641<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y, <\/strong>Gamage H, Shmidt S. (2008). Morphological and Biochemical differences be- tween the putative polyploidy and diploid lines of <em>Elaeocarpus grandis <\/em>trees in different temperature regimes. Thesis. University of Queensland, Biological Sciences Faculty, Brisbane, Australia.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Shmidt S. (2007). <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/309379315_Alligator_Weed_Alternanthera_philoxeroides_Aggression_Over_Australian_Native_Weed_Alternanthera_denticulata?_sg%5B0%5D=0qOWH90fqO1VfvSDmh21ceZaxPMn88WMN9zxklpDLndHanyxAFEds-1exoFKzT0GJxgoMVQkbgAVRY7CJ84ley-h3zHNacuinJXPlemZ.GjAlTyeidfeehGI7LSJ2yk2P2hfaH5vrIp3zcvG5_OipLzBcQ_STi6wffTdf5fIXglbFSaC6A7cOc87ZTjo7ZA\">Alligator Weed (<em>Alternanthera philoxeroides<\/em>) Aggression<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/309379315_Alligator_Weed_Alternanthera_philoxeroides_Aggression_Over_Australian_Native_Weed_Alternanthera_denticulata?_sg%5B0%5D=0qOWH90fqO1VfvSDmh21ceZaxPMn88WMN9zxklpDLndHanyxAFEds-1exoFKzT0GJxgoMVQkbgAVRY7CJ84ley-h3zHNacuinJXPlemZ.GjAlTyeidfeehGI7LSJ2yk2P2hfaH5vrIp3zcvG5_OipLzBcQ_STi6wffTdf5fIXglbFSaC6A7cOc87ZTjo7ZA\">Over Australian Native Weed (<em>Alternanthera<\/em> <em>denticulata<\/em>)<\/a> in a greenhouse experimental University of Queensland, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Australia. DOI: <u>10.13140\/RG.2.2.11657.24163<\/u><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wangdi N, <strong>Dorji Y<\/strong>, Om K, Nirola MP (2018). Reducing the Vulnerability of Bhutan\u2019s Forests to the Expected Impacts of Climate Change. Policy Brief. UWICER Policy Brief Series 2018: No.1, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bhutan.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sacha, , <strong>Dorji. Y<\/strong>, Nepal, N., Choden, S., Ghally, TB., Dendup, KC. (2021) Regener- ation status and soil nutrient content in blue pine forest in Thimphu, Western Bhu- tan. Indonesian <em>Journal of Social and Environmental Issues <\/em>(IJSEI), 2 (1), 48-<\/span>58. DOI: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.47540\/ijsei.v2i1.201\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.47540\/ijsei.v2i1.201<\/a><\/li><\/ol><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Conference Presentations and Guest Speaker:<\/span><\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaker at Gf\u00d6 Conference on \u201cResponse of internal architecture of beech (<em>Fagus<\/em> <em>sylvatica <\/em>) trees to intra and interspecific competition\u201d. Science Meeting of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, 2019 Gf\u00d6 Conference, Munster, Germany.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guest Speaker on \u2018Forest Management and Silviculture in Bhutan\u2019 on 10.03.2019 at the Department of Forest Ecology, Goettingen University, Germany<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poster Presentation on <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350940734_The_Effects_of_Experimental_Drought_on_the_Fine_Root_Biomass_of_Two_Different_Altitudinal_Forests_of_Bhutan?_sg%5B0%5D=eK9NEIkjW6_Zban5_GpyzSQDOfb0jmpgSQNw8WSVexLy96s1Lg1TwNMOwhTqB5-RqAA_XTXx_9JUVcP81nhConuu1y_sColHpxBMtgAx.kvj5HmY-jJny8oVJlCLMqqnZ1t4MaXMNykrIsnpw7I2axhv0ugEx5yZu6kI3znORt8wdzFFLV26UCe7mlQuVRw&amp;_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InByb2ZpbGUiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlQ29udGVudCJ9fQ\">\u2018The Effects of Experimental Drought on the Fine Root Biomass of<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350940734_The_Effects_of_Experimental_Drought_on_the_Fine_Root_Biomass_of_Two_Different_Altitudinal_Forests_of_Bhutan?_sg%5B0%5D=eK9NEIkjW6_Zban5_GpyzSQDOfb0jmpgSQNw8WSVexLy96s1Lg1TwNMOwhTqB5-RqAA_XTXx_9JUVcP81nhConuu1y_sColHpxBMtgAx.kvj5HmY-jJny8oVJlCLMqqnZ1t4MaXMNykrIsnpw7I2axhv0ugEx5yZu6kI3znORt8wdzFFLV26UCe7mlQuVRw&amp;_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InByb2ZpbGUiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlQ29udGVudCJ9fQ\">Two Different Altitudinal Forests of Bhutan\u2019.<\/a> 2018 National Symposium, Thimphu, Bhutan.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guest Speaker on \u201cStory of GNH Development Philosophy in Bhutan\u201d on 19 January 2020 at George-August-Universit\u00e4t, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">International Conference presentation titled \u2018Vegetative and edaphic control on soil C storage in altitudinal forests of Himalayan Bhutan\u2019 at the 2016 Gf\u00d6 Conference, Science Meeting of Switzerland, Austria and Germany.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BIMSTEC-IFPRI Conference on Environment and Climate Change, October 10-11, 2023, Organized by International Food Policy Research Institute, Paro Bhutan.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Participant in Paro Forum on Water Management and Climate Change: Bridging Knowledge to Action. Organized by JSW Law Climate Change &amp; Environment Law Centre. February 21 to 24, 2025<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Conference Poster Presentation titled \u2018Soil Carbon Sequestration Dynamics in Himalayan Bhutan amidst the Changing Climate\u2019 organized by the <em>College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan<\/em> from 25-27 March 2025.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1037\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Referee<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1037\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1037\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Prof. Dr. Dominik Seidel<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spatial Structures and Forest Digitization<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Georg August Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ettingen, Germany<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">D-37077 Goettingen<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tel.: +49 551 3923680<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: dseidelwdg.de<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Dr. Dhan B Gurung, Professor<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Department of Forest Science<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">E-mail: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:dbgurung.cnr@rub.edu.bt\">dbgurung.cnr@rub.edu.bt<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phone: +975 17633256<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3. Douglas Godbold, Univ.-Prof. Dr.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Institute of Forest Ecology (IFE)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOKU University, Austria<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1190 Vienna Peter-Jordan-Stra\u00dfe 82\/II<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: douglas.godboldoku.ac.at<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Yonten Dorji Personal Infromation Educational Backgrounds Job Experience Research Area Awards Publications and Projects Referee Personal Infromation Dr. Yonten Dorji Sr. Lecturer\/ Researcher College of Natural Resources Royal University of Bhutan Punakha, Bhutan Email: Ydorji.cnr@rub.edu.bt Alt Email: Yonten.dorji@uni-goettingen.de Phone (O): +975 2 376249 ORCID ID: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6508-9582 ResearchGate: https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yonten-Dorji Google Scholar Profile: https:\/\/scholar.google.de\/citations?user=jzTSd4wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en Educational Backgrounds PhD in Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology from the University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany [2019 \u2013 2023] MSc in Climatology &amp; Mountain Forestry, BOKU University, Austria [2013\u00a0to 2015] BSc (Hons) Environmental Botany, University of Queensland, Australia&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8843"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8849,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8843\/revisions\/8849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnr.edu.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}