Seasonal dynamics and adaptation strategies of krummholz forming Rhododendron campanulatum to water availability at high-altitude Himalayan treeline environments

• Nandan Singh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nandan Singh, Ashish Tewari, Shruti Shah

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nandanforestry@gmail.com (NS); zishanwani786@gmail.com (ZAW)

  Affiliation Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-8997

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• Ashish Tewari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nandan Singh, Ashish Tewari, Shruti Shah

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

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• Shruti Shah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nandan Singh, Ashish Tewari, Shruti Shah

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Agroforestry, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

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• Amit Mittal,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Allied Sciences, Graphic Era Hill University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

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• Saurabh Gangola,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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• Zishan Ahmad Wani

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nandanforestry@gmail.com (NS); zishanwani786@gmail.com (ZAW)

  Affiliation GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Management, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-5186

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