16 articles in this issue
Anil Shrestha, Kanchan Thapa, Samundra Ambuhang Subba, Maheshwar Dhakal, Bishnu Prasad Devkota, Gokarna Jung Thapa, Sheren Shrestha, Sabita Malla, Kamal Thapa
Understanding the dietary habits of sympatric apex carnivores advances our knowledge of ecological processes and aids their conservation. We compared the diets of the sympatric Snow Leopard Panthera uncia and Grey Wolf Canis lupus using standard micro-his... see more
Onaya P. Abdulmalik-Labe, Jonas P. Quilang
Barbodes tumba is an important fishery resource in Lake Lanao and nearby areas in Mindanao, Philippines. It is one of only two remaining endemic cyprinids out of 20 endemic species originally reported in the lake. In this study, specimens were obtained fr... see more
Amol Kishor Kasodekar, Amol Dilip Jadhav, Rani Babanrao Bhagat, Rakesh Mahadev Pawar, Vidya Shrikant Gupta, Narendra Yashwant Kadoo
The northern Western Ghats (NWG) comprises of a patchy continuum of forests that have been severely fragmented mainly due to anthropogenic activities. We documented tree diversity within a representative fragmented forest patch of the NWG to study t... see more
Mattias Van Opstal, Bernard Oosterlynck, Million Belay, Jesse Erens, Matthias De Beenhouwer
The Sheka Zone in southwestern Ethiopia is covered by some of the largest remaining forests in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. Owing to the rich biodiversity and a high degree of endemism, it was declared as a biosphere reserve by UNES... see more
Shankerappa Shantveerappa Hatti, Heena Mubeen
The road passing from Kalaburagi to Chincholi in Karnataka, India, is around 70km and is a state highway having different types of moderately thick vegetation on either side. The animals utilizing this vegetation face huge threats from vehicular traffic, ... see more
Shantanu Joshi, Dattaprasad Sawant
Ceriagrion chromothorax sp. nov. is described from Western Ghats, India, based on six males and one female collected from Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra.
C. K. Adarsh, K. Vidyasagaran, P. N. Ganesh
The present study was conducted to document the diversity and distribution of polypores in wet evergreen and shola forests of Silent Valley National Park, Kerala State, in the southern Western Ghats, India. A combination of opportunistic and plot-based sa... see more
Naing Lin, Steven G. Platt
The distribution of the Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Carnivora: Felidae) in Myanmar remains poorly known owing to a paucity of verifiable field records. We here present two recent photographic records that confirm the occurrence of the Fishi... see more
Vuong Tan Tu, Satoru Arai, Fuka Kikuchi, Chu Thi Hang, Tran Anh Tuan, Gábor Csorba, Tamás Görföl
This paper presents the rediscovery of Van Hasselt’s Mouse-eared Bat Myotis hasseltii after nearly 50 years and its genetic data from Hanoi, northern Vietnam. In addition, a snapshot of the impacts of urbanization on the current distribution and conservat... see more
Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto, Maria Thereza Manhães Tavares
Diet of adult specimens of Yellow Catfish Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840) was determined through stomach contents analysis. The specimens were target of commercial gillnet fisheries in northern Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.&nbs... see more
Omkar Dilip Adhikari
Thane creek is one of the coastal and marine protected sites located in Mumbai which declared as a sanctuary recently in 2015. Creek region provides diverse habitat to birds for feeding, nesting and resting, making it a potential bird watching sight... see more
Amit Katewa, Prakash Chand Pathania
Ten species of the superfamily Tineoidea were collected from different localities of the Western Ghats in the states of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; of the genera Edosa Walker, Cimitra Walker, Monopis Hübner, Compsoctena Ze... see more
Aseesh Pandey, Ravindra K. Joshi, Bhawana Kapkoti Negi
Pollinators can play an important role in production improvement in organic farming. It is, therefore, essential to ensure their year-round availability, particularly in winter season in Sikkim Himalaya. Thus, attempts were made to explore res... see more
Abhinand Chandran, J. Praveen
Praveen (2015) compiled a list of 500 species of birds as occurring in the state of Kerala. Birdwatchers have been actively documenting more bird species in the state. Here is an update on the additions and corrections to this list based on records made d... see more
John T.D. Caleb
The species, Oxyopes nilgiricus Sherriffs, 1955 was overlooked and left out from the Indian checklists beginning from Tikader (1987), Siliwal, Molur & Biswas (2005), Sebastian & Peter (2009) to Keswani, Hadole & Rajoria (2012). It is astounding that a spe... see more
Ali Reza Radkhah, Soheil Eagderi
Due to the ecological importance of mudskippers, it is necessary to provide a comprehensive reference about these fishes. Therefore, the present work aims to introduce the current book entitled " Fishes out of Water: Biology and Ecology of Mudskippers " e... see more