Journal of Threatened Taxa  

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Prem Kumar Chettri, Kishor Sharma, Sailendra Dewan, Bhoj Kumar Acharya

Understanding wild biodiversity of agroecosystems and other human dominated landscapes are crucial for the management and conservation of biological resources.  Here, we studied the diversity, abundance, similarity and functionality of butterflies in... see more

I. Sacristán, A. Cevidanes, F. Acuña, E. Aguilar, S. García, M. J. López, J. Millán, C. Napolitano

The interaction between humans and small carnivores is a phenomenon especially frequent in rural fringes, as is the case of communities surrounding natural areas.  In Chile, two species of threatened carnivores, the Darwin’s Fox and the Guigna, have ... see more

L. A.K. Singh, R. K. Sharma

River Chambal, in northwestern India, is a tributary of the Gangetic River system.  It flows through the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Uttar Pradesh (UP), and the National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary (NCGS) encompasses a 572km stretch of... see more

Nirupama Abeysekara, R.P.V. Jayanthe Rajapakse, R. S. Rajakaruna

Parasites can influence the fitness of individuals particularly of small populations of endangered species.  An island-wide, cross sectional, coprological survey was carried out from 03 January to 30 October 2015, to determine the gastrointestinal (G... see more

Mohamed Djamel Miara, Mohammed Ait Hammou, Jah Skipper

This study presents efforts made to re-discover the narrow Algerian endemic Adenocarpus faurei Maire and the possible implications of this on the conservation of the Tiaret area in northern Algeria.  Field investigations within an expanded perimeter ... see more

Pankaj Kumar, Priya Singh

This work reports the distribution of two rare Zingiberaceae, Globba spathulata and Hemiorchis pantlingii, in Dampa Tiger Reserve, a protected area, located in Mizoram, northeastern India.  Both these species have a distribution restricted to the nor... see more

Ananda Ram Boro, Prasanta Kumar Saikia, Uttam Saikia

Specimen based records of two vespertilionid bats namely Pipistrellus ceylonicus and Tylonycteris fulvida are provided for the first time from the state of Assam in northeastern India.  Based on review of existing literature and examinations of museu... see more

Fatah Zarei, Seyed Naseh Hosseini, Jalal Pezeshk, Loghman Maleki, Hamid Reza Esmaeili

To update the avian checklist and note their conservation status in Marivan County, western Iran, we report the addition of 28 species belonging to six orders and 13 families recorded during our field observations in 2015–2017 outside the range of Zarivar... see more

Israt Jahan, Sajeda Begum, Mohammad Mostafa Feeroz, Delip Kumar Das, Ashis Kumar Datta

Based on a study on nesting behavior conducted in Jahangirnagar University Campus between 2009 and 2011 brief descriptions are given of nest site preferences in a diverse habitat, variation in nest shape against height above ground, and materials used for... see more

Anirban Datta-Roy, Vivek Ramachandran, Karthik Teegalapalli

We present the most comprehensive list of birds for the upper Siang region based on surveys and opportunistic observations from 2010 to 2016.  Of the 252 species recorded for this region, we report 66 for the first time, including six globally threat... see more

Abhishek Chatterjee, Sudeshna Ghoshal, Soumyajit Chowdhury, Pinakiranjan Chakrabarti

The study is based on the avian community observed in the region.  In total, 1,079 individuals, 62 genera and 79 species of birds belonging to 35 families have been recorded.  Among them, the family Anatidae with 20.42% incidence is the most fre... see more

Balasaheb V. Sarode, Swapnil S. Boyane, Hemant V. Ghate

Two Emesinae bugs, namely Stenolemus crassirostris Stål, 1871, and Gardena brevicollis Stål, 1871, are being reported for the first time from India.  Both are widespread species but have never been recorded from India. 

E. Eyarin Jehamalar, Kailash Chandra, G. Srinivasan

The genus Cylindrostethus Mayr, 1865 from India is studied.  Prior to this study C. productus (Spinola, 1837) and C. scrutator (Kirkaldy, 1899) of Cylindrostethus were known from India.  The record of C. scrutator (Kirkaldy, 1899) from India is ... see more

Govindasamy Mahendiran, Shahid Ali Akbar, Mudasir Ahmad Dar

Pterochloroides persicae (Cholodkovsky, 1899) is reported here for the first time from the Kashmir Valley. The aphid is seen to infest almond, peach, plum orchards in the region.  Monitoring of the pest was carried out in the peach and almond fields ... see more

Ishwari Datt Rai, Gajendra Singh, Gopal Singh Rawat

The western Himalaya represent an important and distinct botanical sub-region and biogeographic zone in the Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot.  There is a long history of floral exploration in this region as compared to the eastern Himalaya; however, re... see more

Menaka Ariyarathne, Deepthi Yakandawala

Genus Oberonia Lindley is one of the species rich genera in the family Orchidaceae.  According to the latest literature found in Sri Lanka, there are 50 endemic species, including nine endemics belonging to the genus Oberonia among 184 species in the... see more

Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein, P. Girish Kumar, Phurpa Dorji

The knowledge on subfamily Eumeninae is still in its infancy in Bhutan.  Eumenid species of Bhutan is increased to 22 with the report of 11 more species and an additional subspecies in this paper.  The species Antepipona bhutanensis, endemic to ... see more

Govinda Rao Velamala, Muddula Krishna Naranji

Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) is recorded for the first time from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, Andhra Pradesh, India.  The specimens were collected from Visakhapatnam fisheries harbour.   The morphometric and meristic characters... see more

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