19 articles in this issue
Amar Kunwar, Raju Gaire, Krishna Prasad Pokharel, Suraj Baral, Tej Bahadur Thapa
The food composition of the Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis was studied in the Churia Hills of Nepal during summer, monsoon and the winter seasons of 2012–2013. Microhistological technique was used to determine the diet. The Four-... see more
Yash Sondhi, Sanjay Sondhi
Two-hundred-and-forty-eight species of moths were recorded during surveys conducted over 40 nights in Dehradun and Mussoorie in Dehradun District and Devalsari in Tehri Garhwal District in Uttarakhand.
A.J. Solomon Raju, Rajendra Kumar
Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. (Lamiaceae) is bisexual, self-compatible and has a vector-dependent mixed breeding system. They are dichogamous and herkogamous; the day 1 flowers are staminate while the day 2 and 3 flowers are pistillate. The... see more
Derris trifoliata is a perennial woody climber. It blooms massively for about two weeks in July/August. The flowers are hermaphroditic, feebly protandrous, self-compatible and display a vector dependent mixed breeding system. They close back b... see more
Sheetal Chaudhari-Pachpande, Madhuri K. Pejaver
Shorebirds also known as waders comprise several adaptations, which enable them to forage on exposed mudflats. The population of birds in any ecosystem shows the environmental quality of the area, pollution level, security and availability of food a... see more
Somnath Mandal
Chinsurah is a small town on the western bank of the Hugli River, a distributary of the river Ganges. A survey from November 2006 to June 2014 with photographic documentation on the butterfly community in Chinsurah revealed the presence of a total o... see more
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Mennakshi Singh Chib, Zdenek Faltynek Fric
Observations on the distribution of Nymphalid butterfly, Sordid Emperor (Chitoria sordida sordida (Moore, 1866) in southern Bhutan are presented in this paper. The confirmation is based on four years of observation of species in the warm broadl... see more
Vikram Aditya, Thyagarajan Ganesh
The genus Prionailurus consists of forest dwelling spotted cats ranging across most of India (Sunquist and Sunquist 2002, Menon 2003). Few studies have been done on their presence and distribution across the Eastern Ghats. The present note reports the fir... see more
Avinash Krishnan, Sunil Panwar, Aaranya Gayathri, Sagarika Phalke, Dilip Abani Venkateshaiah
A single observation of a Ratel Mellivora capensis has been photo-documented in Bannerghatta National Park on 2 November 2015. This record being the first contemporary evidence of badgers in this region of Karnataka, India, the paper also presents a case ... see more
Sachin P. Ranade, Vibhu Prakash
We observed 13 nesting attempts of the Lesser Whistling-Duck during 2011–2014 at Rani, Kamrup District in Assam, India. Failure in egg laying by the ducks and nest raiding by Grey Mongoose were recorded, while the breeding success was 38.5%. F... see more
Sai Sein Lin Oo, Paul Jeremy James Bates
On 09 June 2015, a Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) was observed and photographed (Image 1) on the campus of Banmaw University, Banmaw (Bhamo), Kachin State, Myanmar (24018’15”N & 97015’52”E). Subsequently, a second individual ... see more
Vidya Venkatesh
The butterfly, Variegated Plushblue Flos adriana is reported from Lansdowne, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India extending its known range westwards.
Mudavath Chennakesavulu Naik, Dasari Veeranjaneyulu, Ravi Prasad Rao
Three sedges, Fimbristylis bisumbellata, Fimbristylis littoralis and Fimbristylis microcarya form new distributional records for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Brief description and Photographs for the species are provided.
J. K. Tiwari, P. Tiwari, Dinesh Singh Rawat, Radha Ballabha, C. S. Rana
Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall. is reported for the first time from the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand. A detailed description, phenology, distribution and figures are provided here.
Vijai Malik
This paper presents observations on the population size and conservation status of Derris scandens var. saharanpurensis (Fabaceae), a woody climber endemic to Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The surveys were made in Saharanpur forest division, whi... see more
Aparajita De, Demsai Reang
Mantisia spathulata (Roxb.) Schult. belonging to the family Zingiberaceae is a rare ornamental Zingiber distributed from eastern Himalaya to Myanmar. In India, this species is confined to very few localities of northeastern India. A new locati... see more
Jui Pethe, Amit Tillu
Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari is a herbaceous plant known from three locations in Pune, Satara and Thane District of Maharashtra. This communication records a new location of this species from Nashik District which is the northeastern most re... see more
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam
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Arun P. Singh