22 articles in this issue
Chandrasekaran Divyapriya, Padmanabhan Pramod
An attempt has been made to understand the extent of ornithophony (vocalization of birds) in the soundscape of Anaikatty Hills. The study was limited to 13 hours of daylight from dawn to dusk (06.00–19.00 h) between January 2015 and October 2016.&nb... see more
Frances Mae Tenorio, Joselito Baril
Pangolins are poorly known species despite their high demand in the illegal international trade. This study has been conducted to analyze the awareness of Filipinos towards the endemic Philippine Pangolin Manis culionensis and how much they would be... see more
Khursid Alam Khan, Jamal Ahmad Khan, Khursheed Ahmad, Narendra Mohan
Food habits of the Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus were investigated using scat analysis method, a technique widely used to study small and medium sized mammals. We analyzed 112 scats of Common Palm Civet between November 2012 and March... see more
Sagar Adhurya, Shantanu Bhandary
This study aimed to report a few lesser known species from Durgapur ecoregion, West Bengal, India. In spite of the anthropogenic pressure, Durgapur supports a high avian diversity. So far, 257 avian species belonging to 59 families were record... see more
Curt Hrad Barnes, Tyler Keith Knierim
Green Pit Vipers are a widely distributed, diverse group of snakes which occur across a variety of habitats. Little is known about their natural history in anthropogenically modified environments, and no ecological work has investigated their persis... see more
Vijay Prakash Semwal, Asheesh Shivam Mishra
Benthic macroinvertebrates play important ecosystem roles in the cycling and outflow of nutrients. The benthos transforms organic detritus from sedimentary storage into dissolved nutrients that can be mixed into overlying waters and used by rooted p... see more
Pathiyil Arabhi, Maya Chandrasekharan Nair
Low altitude granitic hillock systems prevalent in Palghat (Palakkad) Gap region of southern Western Ghats were analyzed for seasonal dynamics in wetland taxa associated with marshy ephemeral flush vegetation, small ephemeral pools and deep rock poo... see more
Aabid Hussain Mir, Krishna Upadhaya, Dilip Kumar Roy, Chaya Deori, Bikarma Singh
The geographical distribution of plants of Meghalaya show that a total of 548 plant taxa belonging to 302 genera and 100 families are endemic to northeastern India or Indo-Burma or the eastern Himalaya region. Of these, 115 species are exclusively e... see more
Muneer Ul Islam Najar, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, Priya Davidar
Lantana camara is a dominant invasive shrub in many protected areas of India including the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR). We conducted a study to assess the regeneration potential of endemic native (shola) trees under different levels of Lantana i... see more
Murugan Govindakurup Govind, Koranapallil Bahuleyan Rameshkumar, Mathew Dan
The barrier to pollination and pollinator assemblage were investigated in Knema attenuata, a dioecious tree species endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It occupies an intermediate canopy stratum of the low and mid-elevation wet evergreen forests.... see more
Ganesh Ghimire, Malcolm Pearch, Badri Baral, Bishnu Thapa, Rishi Baral
In May and June, 2018, a series of field surveys was undertaken to determine the presence of the Red Panda Ailurus fulgens in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality in Lamjung District, western Nepal. A single, adult, Red Panda was photographed and recorded ... see more
Shailendra Kumar Yadav, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Naresh Subedi; Ramesh Kumar Thapa, Laxman Poudyal, Bhagawan Raj Dahal
An increasing intensity of camera traps recorded the presence of poorly known and globally Endangered Asiatic Wild Dogs Cuon alpinus from different locations in recent years in Nepal. After 18 years since the previous report, we recorded 29 photos a... see more
Vignesh Kamath, Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri
Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus is crepuscular in habit and rarely encountered. Information on its natural history and ecology is limited and consequently its conservation requirements are not well understood. We report observations of a Brown... see more
Amritpal Singh Kaleka, Devinder Singh, Sujata Saini
The known Indian species of the moth genus Paralebeda Aurivillius namely femorata (Menetries) and the type species plagifera (Walker) have been taxonomically treated. The external morphological characters particularly species specific features such ... see more
K.C. Kishor, Mayur D. Nandikar
The genus Grewia in Andaman & Nicobar Islands is reviewed with its identification key, descriptions, distribution and photographs. This article provides correct taxonomic identity of G. laevigata and G. multiflora with comprehensive morphology and c... see more
Anil Kumar Midigesi, Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao
Bothriochloa insculpta (A. Rich.) A. Camus, Cyrtococcum patens (L.) A. Camus var. patens and Sacciolepis myosuroides (R. Br.) A. Camus. (Panicoideae: Poaceae) are three grasses that were collected from Chittoor and Visakhapatnam districts of Andhra Prades... see more
Mallika Mazumder, Anup Kumar Sarkar
There is always a need for novel, high quality, functional and inexpensive foods among consumers in the global markets. Leafy vegetables can fulfill such needs. Leafy vegetables are now used worldwide as food for their nutritional and medicina... see more
Todd F. Elliott, James M. Trappe
Russula scarlatina sp. nov. is a common sequestrate fungus found in the dry sclerophyll Eucalyptus woodlands of southeastern Australia. Basidiomata are hypogeous or sometimes emergent; they are scarlet in youth and become dark sordid red or brown wi... see more
Mohammad Ashraf Ul Hasan, Sufia Akter Neha
We report the first confirmed record of the Himalayan Crestless Porcupine Hystrix brachyura (Linnaeus, 1758) in Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh. An individual was observed and photographed in May 2018. The finding ensures the occurrence of this por... see more
Periyasamy Vijayakanth, Jaideep Mazumdar, S. Sahaya Sathish, Veluchamy Ravi, Ramachandran Kavitha
Rare and Critically endangered fern Asplenium scalare is first time reported from Tamil Nadu, India. Its natural occurrence supports it as native species, not introduced.
John T.D. Caleb
Choudhury et al. (2018) presented a preliminary list of 248 spider species known to occur from Odisha State based on the compilation of all published literature and fresh collections carried out during 2016-17. This is the most recent paper providing an o... see more
Sudhir Ranjan Choudhury, Manju Siliwal, Sanjay Keshari Das
Reply to response: Spiders of Odisha