Abhishek Kumar

About

Abhishek Kumar is a plant ecologist currently working as a Project Associate in the National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, at ICAR–National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi.

Dr. Kumar’s research focuses on the patterns, determinants, and dynamics of plant communities along elevational gradients, with a strong emphasis on biodiversity responses to climate change in the Indian Himalayas. His broader interests span plant ecology, species distribution, ecological restoration, and research synthesis, aiming to inform evidence-based management strategies. Guided by the values of collaboration, integrity, and open science, Dr. Kumar aspires to contribute meaningfully to ecological research and conservation planning in the context of global environmental change.

Employment

• ICAR-National Bureau Of Plant Genetic Resources Project Associate II
  2025 - Present

Education

• Panjab University PhD
  2017 - 2024
• Panjab University MSc Botany
  2015 - 2017
• Arya Post Graduate College BSc
  2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (30)

• Data‐ and code‐archiving in the British Ecological Society journals: Present status and recommendations for future improvements
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2026 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.70338
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• Elevational Patterns of Plant Species Richness: Insights from Western Himalayas
  Forests 2025 DOI: 10.3390/f16101591
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• Assessing the importance of Indian wetland plants for multiple ecosystem services using trait-service linkage framework
  Wetlands Ecology and Management 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11273-025-10039-2
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• Climate-driven elevational shifting of plant distributions in the selected sites of Siwaliks of North Western India
  2024
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• Dataset and R Codes for Determinants of Plant Species Richness along Elevational Gradients: Insights with Climate, Energy and Water-Energy Dynamics
  2024 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24056943
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• Disturbance and vegetational structure in an urban forest of Indian Siwaliks: an ecological assessment
  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12801-0
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• Determinants of plant species richness along elevational gradients: insights with climate, energy and water-energy dynamics
  Ecological Processes 2024 DOI: 10.1186/S13717-024-00563-Z
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• Factors influencing tree biomass and carbon stock in the Western Himalayas, India
  FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE 2024 DOI: 10.3389/FFGC.2023.1328694
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• Dataset and R codes for Disturbance and vegetational structure in an urban forest of Indian Siwaliks: An ecological assessment
  2023 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24531031
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• Dataset and R Codes for Mycorrhizal fungi accelerate litter decomposition rates in forest ecosystems
  2023 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24118443
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