20 articles in this issue
Sanjay Molur
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Bal Krishna Koirala, Karma Cheda, Tshering Penjor
This paper presents the results of a study conducted on the diversity and spatial distribution of amphibian fauna in two different habitat types along the elevation gradients of Mochu River valley in Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan. The survey was... see more
Tayebe Salehi, Vahid Akmali, Mozafar Sharifi
Captive breeding and reintroduction programs are important conservation tools and are used for increasing the number of plant and animal species worldwide. The endemic Kaiser’s Mountain Newt Neurergus kaiseri is listed as Vulnerable on the Red List ... see more
Dhavalkumar Vargiya, Anita Chakraborty
The present investigation was undertaken to study the diversity of wetland birds in Chhaya Rann (Gujarati: Deserted land) wetland complex, situated in the urban setting of Porbandar City, in the western state of Gujarat, India. Almost 70 species bel... see more
Chaithra Shree Jayasimhan, Pramod Padmanabhan
Paddy, a major food crop of India, provides a variety of habitats in a short period of time and supports diverse organisms. Paddy fields also harbour many birds with varying species composition across the different cultivation phases of paddy. ... see more
Helle V. Goldman, Martin T. Walsh
The faunal diversity of the densely populated island of Unguja, Zanzibar archipelago, Tanzania, includes several endemic mammals. Camera-trapping in Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park and Kiwengwa–Pongwe Forest Reserve in September 2017 captured the fi... see more
Manokaran Kamalakannan, Kailash Chandra, Joy Krishna De, Chinnadurai Venkatraman
The macroscopic and microscopic characters of dorsal guard hairs of Indian lagomorphs (four species of pikas and three species of hare) are described; the cuticular and medullary characters are similar between the species studied. The cuticular and ... see more
Okwong John Walter, Olusola Helen Adekanmbi, Omonu Clifford
The factors affecting African Forest Elephants include food availability, demand for ivory and changes in land-use. In order to survive, they tend to traverse considerable distances in search of food; on such occasions they are trapped and killed for thei... see more
Nishikant Gupta, Mark Everard, Ishaan Kochhar, Vinod Kumar Belwal
The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a biodiversity hotspot subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, including hydropower plants, pollution, deforestation and wildlife poaching, in addition to changing climate. Bird photography tourism, as a locally impor... see more
Subhankar Gurung, Aditya Pradhan, Arun Chettri
Begonia satrapis was studied for its pollination aspects at Sumbuk, Sikkim, India. The floral details and the foraging behaviour of insects visiting the flowers were examined to define the pollination syndrome and its functionality for the success o... see more
Priti Vinayak Aphale, Dhananjay Chintaman Meshram, Dnyaneshwar Maruti Mahajan, Prasad Anil Kulkarni, Shraddha Prasad Kulkarni
The Western Ghats represents a small part of the Deccan Traps continental flood basalt province that erupted about 65 million years ago. It is an area of outstanding scenic beauty and has attracted the attention of geologists, naturalists and geomor... see more
M.N. Harisha, Harish Prakash, B.B. Hosetti, Vijaya Kumara
A study was conducted on the diversity of butterflies by using the pollard walk method in the tropical dry deciduous habitats of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Shivamogga District, Karnataka, from February 2010 to January 2011. A total of 151 speci... see more
Chinnathambi Viswanathan, Sampath Goutham, Vijayakumar Deepak Samuel, Pandian Krishnan, Ramachandran Purvaja, Ramachandran Ramesh
The present report describes the first record of two brachyuran crabs, Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India. The morphological characters of the specimens are described and discu... see more
Bhavendu Joshi, Biang La Nam Syiem, Rokohebi Kuotsu, Arjun Menon, Jayanta Gogoi, Varun Rshav Goswami, Divya Vasudev
Northeastern India, situated within the Indo-Burma and eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot complex, is known for its high diversity of wild felid species. For most of these species, however, data on distribution and population trends are limited.&... see more
Ashutosh Sharma, Nidhan Singh, Pankaj Kumar
Calanthe davidii, a rare orchid species was rediscovered after a gap of 119 years in the western Himalaya and it is also a new distribution record for the flora of Himachal Pradesh State. Detailed morphological description, distribution, ecology and... see more
Kothandapani Raman, Sivangnanaboopathidoss Vimalraj, Bawa Mothilal Krishnakumar, Natesan Balachandran, Abhishek Tomar
This paper is based on the observations from Tamil Nadu. The presence of this critically endangered Theraphosidae, P. metallica has been recorded for the first time outside of its known distribution, wherefore, expanding its range to further south from it... see more
Sai Sein Lin Oo, Nang Lao Kham, Kyaw Myo Naing, Swen C. Renner
Presence of the Critically Endangered Gyps vulture populations in northern Shan State, Myanmar. On 27 November 2018, we observed a flock of G. bengalensis, G. tenuirostris, and G. himalayanensis in Man Sant Village, Mong Yai Township, Nort... see more
Rohan Krish Menzies, Megha Rao, Abhinav Kumar
The Vulnerable Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis is a known migrant to various locations in India. Here, we report two new locations in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India, where one is a possible wintering location and the other a possible stopover en ... see more
Kah Hoo Lau, Su Ping Ong
Aquilaria malaccensis Lam., a highly threatened and one of the most sought-after agarwood producing species listed in the Appendix II of CITES, is reported here as the new host plant for Deudorix epijarbas cinnabarus in Malaysia.
Varsha Vilasrao Nimbalkar, Arun Prasanth Ravichandran, Milind Madhav Sardesai
Abutilon neelgerrense var. fischeri T.K. Paul & M.P. Nayar, a rare endemic taxon, has been rediscovered after a century from Theni District in Tamil Nadu. The present study provides detailed morphological description, key to the varieties with addit... see more