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PUBLICATIONS

Major publications

  1. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Rosbakh S., Bucher S.F., Sharma P., Rathee S., Uniyal S.K., ... & Singh H.P. (2023). The role of floral traits in community assembly processes at high elevations in the Himalaya. Journal of Ecology. In press. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14083

  2. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Uniyal, S. K., Sharma, P., Rathee, S., Batish, D. R., & Singh, H. P. (2023). Enhanced plasticity and reproductive fitness of floral and seed traits facilitate non-native species spread in mountain ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 348, 119222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119222

  3. Rathee, S., Sharma, P., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Kohli, R. K., Batish, D. R., & Singh, H. P. (2024). Seed size dimorphism and environmental factors govern the phenological variations in invasive plant Hyptis suaveolens. Ecological Informatics, 102395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102395

  4. Sharma, P., Rathee, S., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Siddiqui M. H., Alamri, S., Kohli, R. K., Singh, H. P., & Batish, D. R. (2024). Leaf functional traits and resource use strategies facilitate the spread of invasive plant Parthenium hysterophorus across an elevational gradient in western Himalayas. BMC Plant Biology, 24, 234. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04904-0

  5. Hakim, N., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Rathee, S., Sharma, P., Kaur, S., Batish, D. R., & Singh, H. P. (2023). Invasive Cirsium arvense displays different resource-use strategies along local habitat heterogeneity in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(6), 730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11221-w

  6. Dar M.A., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Singh R., Kohli R.K., Singh H.P. & Batish D.R. (2023). Invasive plants alter soil properties and nutrients dynamics: A case study of Anthemis cotula invasion in Kashmir Himalaya. Catena. 226, 107069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107069

  7. Rathee S., Sharma P., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Batish D.R., Singh H.P., Kaur S., Kohli R.K. & Yadav S.S. (2022). Seed size dimorphism in Hyptis suaveolens aids in differentiation of the germination niche. Plant Biology, 24, 464-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13400

  8. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Uniyal S.K., Batish D.R., Rathee S., Sharma P. & Singh H.P. (2021) Flower phenological events and duration pattern is influenced by temperature and elevation in Dhauladhar mountain range of Lesser Himalaya. Ecological Indicators, 129, p107902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107902

  9. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Sharma P., Rathee S., Singh H.P., Batish D.R., Lone G.R., Kaur S., Jaryan V. & Kohli, R. K. (2021). Niche width analyses facilitate identification of high-risk endemic species at high altitudes in western Himalayas. Ecological Indicators, 126, p107653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107653

  10. Rathee S., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Sharma P., Singh H.P., Batish D.R., Kaur S., Kaur A., Yadav S.S. & Kohli R.K. (2021). Biomass allocation and phenotypic plasticity are key elements of successful invasion of Parthenium hysterophorus at high elevation. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 18, p104392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104392

  11. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Uniyal S.K., Batish D.R., Singh H.P., Jaryan V., Rathee S., Sharma P. & Kohli R.K. (2020). Patterns of plant communities along vertical gradient in Dhauladhar Mountains in Lesser Himalayas in North-Western India. Science of the Total Environment, 22, p136919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136919

  12. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Uniyal S.K. & Singh R.D. (2018). Pattern of alien plant species richness across gradient of altitude: analyses from the Himalaya state of Himachal Pradesh. Tropical Ecology, 59(1) 1-9. http://www.tropecol.com/

  13. Datta A., Kühn I., Mustaqeem Ahmad, Michalski S. & Auge H. (2017). Processes affecting altitudinal distribution of invasive Ageratina adenophora in western Himalaya: The role of local adaptation and the importance of different life-cycle stages. PLoS One, 12(11) p.e0187708. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187708

  14. Mustaqeem Ahmad & Uniyal S.K. (2015). Is recurving an effective strategy of Trifolium repens L. to augment reproduction? Scientifica, https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4741086  

  15. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Kashyap R. & Uniyal S.K. (2018). Plant functional traits (PFTs) variation between two populations of Morina longifolia Wall. At Western Himalaya. Proceedings of Himalayan Researchers Consortium, Vol. 1 (1), 99-106.

  16. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Prakash O. & Uniyal S.K. (2017). Folk utilization of plants in Kugti: an interior village in Chamba (Himachal Pradesh). Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 24(1) 7-19.

  17. Mustaqeem Ahmad, Chaudhry I., Jaryan V. & Uniyal S.K. (2014). Vegetation and soil characteristics of plantations in a part of western Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(1) 56-66.

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Other publications

Please check sites: 

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mustaqeem-Ahmad-2

  2. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rU7h5hsAAAAJ&hl=en

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