Research Articles:

Ishwari Datt Rai, Jeewan Singh Jalal, Gajendra Singh & Gopal Singh Rawat 2014. Platanthera pachycaulon (Orchidaceae) an addition to the orchid flora of Western Himalaya, India. Richardiana, XIV (9): 266-273. (http://www.richardiana.com/pdfRich/Richardiana-vol14-30-Platanthera.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari & Gopal Singh Rawat 2014. A rare and endangered root parasite: Balanophora involucrata hook. f. & Thompson. Indian Forester, 140 (4): 435-436. (http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/48029)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Rupesh Ranjan Bharti, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari and Gopal Singh Rawat. 2013. Structure and Functioning of Timberline Vegetation in the Western Himalaya: A Case Study, In: W. Ning, G.S Rawat, S. Joshi, M. Ismail and E. Sharma eds. High-Altitude Rangelands and their Interfaces in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal, 91–107 p. (http://lib.icimod.org/record/28903/files/9HAR.pdf)

Gajendra Singh, Ishwari Datt Rai, Gopal Singh Rawat & Gurinder Singh Goraya 2013. Neottia pinetorum (Orchidaceae): a new record to the flora of Himachal Pradesh, India, Indian Forester 139(6): 566-567. (http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/3377)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Gajendra Singh & Gopal Singh Rawat 2013. Bistorta tenuifolia var. gidarensis (Polygonaceae), a new variety from India, Phytotaxa 92 (1): 13–19. (http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.92.1.2)

Ishwari Datt Rai & Bhupendra S. Adhikari 2012. Rhododendron rawatii (Ericaceae), a new species from the Western Himalaya, India, Phytotaxa 71: 10-16. (http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2012/f/p00071p016f.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Bhupendra S. Adhikari & Gopal S. Rawat (2012) Floral diversity along sub-alpine and alpine ecosystems in Tungnath area of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, Indian Forester, 138 (10): 927-940. (http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/27646)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari & Gopal Singh Rawat 2012. Mass Foliar Damage at Subalpine-Timberline Ecotone in Western Himalaya Due to Extreme Climatic Events, American Journal of Climate Change, 1, 104-107.

Gajendra Singh, Ishwari Datt Rai & G. S. Rawat 2012. The mortality of banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) trees in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand: is it an alarming call for rapid degradation? Current Science, 102(12): 1622-1623. (http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/102/12/1622.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Bhupendra S. Adhikari, Gopal S. Rawat & Kiran Bargali. 2012.  Community Structure along Timberline Ecotone in Relation to Micro-topography and Disturbances in Western Himalaya, Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 4(2):41-52. (http://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/7411/6792)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Sabuj Bhattacharyya & Bhupendra S. Adhikari. 2011. Common Coot Fulica atra: first report for Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India, Indian Birds, 7 (4):110. (http://www.rufford.org/files/Indian%20Birds%20Vol.%206%20No.%203%20%28Publ.%207th%20August%202010%29_0.pdf)

Gajendra Singh, Ishwari Datt Rai & Gopal Singh Rawat. 2011.  The year 2010 was mast seed year for the kharsu oak (Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.) in the Western Himalaya. Current Science, 100(9):1275. (http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/100/09/1275.pdf)

Mukesh Thakur, Ishwari Datt Rai, R.P. Mandhan & S. Sathyakumar. 2011. A panel of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Himalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus developed by cross-species amplification and their applicability in other Galliformes. European Journal Wildlife Research, DOI 10.1007/s10344-011-0494-1. (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10344-011-0494-1#page-1)

Rupesh R. Bharti, Ishwari Datt Rai, B.S. Adhikari & G.S. Rawat. 2011. Timberline change detection using topographic map and satellite imagery: a critique. Tropical Ecology 52(1): 133-137. (http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_52_1/J-13.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Bhupendra S. Adhikari & Gopal S. Rawat. 2010. An unique patch of timberline ecotone with three species of Lady’s slipper orchids in Garhwal Himalaya. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2(3): 766-769. (http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/March/o212126iii10766-769.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai, Pankaj Kumar, Rupesh R. Bharati, Bhupendra S. Adhikari & Gopal S. Rawat. 2010. Corallorhiza trifida Chatel.: a Little Known Partial Myco- heterotrophic Orchid from the Valley of Flowers National Park, Western Himalaya, India. Taiwania, 55(4): 391-395. (http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.4.391.pdf)

Jeewan S. Jalal, Ishwari Datt Rai, P. Kumar, G.S. Rawat & Y.P.S. Pangtey. 2010. Platanthera leptocaulon (Hooker f.) Soo: an addition to the orchid flora of Western Himalaya, India. Richardiana, X (2):85-93. (http://www.richardiana.com/?rub=resumes&no=X2c)

Gajendra singh & Ishwari Datt Rai. 2008. Threatened plant of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya, pp 51-54. In: Rawat, G.S. (ed.). Special Habitats and Threatened plants of India. ENVIS, Wildlife and Protected Area, 11(1), Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. (http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/envis_specia_habitat_threatened_plants_india.pdf)

Abstracts:

Ishwari Datt Rai 2008. Structure, composition and phenology of Timberline vegetation in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya, Annual Research Seminar, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, pp10. (http://www.wii.gov.in/images/research/abstarcts/irs_abstracts_2008.pdf)

Ishwari Datt Rai 2012. Influence of Climatic Variations on the Phenology of Timberline Tree Species in the Western Himalaya, Annual Research Seminar, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, pp12. (http://www.wii.gov.in/images/wii/2010/research_seminars/ars_abstracts.pdf)

Ishwari D. Rai, Gajendra Singh and Amit Kotia. 2009. Status of threatened and some endemic plants around Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya. Indian Botanical Conference, Chennai.

Ishwari Datt Rai, BS Adhikari and GS Rawat 2010. Phenological Responses of timberline tree species in Western Himalaya” UCOST Congress held at Doon University, Dehradun.