Completely predatory development is described in a braconid wasp
A. P. Ranjith, Donald L. J. Quicke, K. Manjusha, Buntika A. Butcher & M. Nasser Scientific Report | February 2, 2022 Hymenopteran parasitoids are well known for their ubiquitous diversity, important ecological roles and biocontrol potential. We report the first detailed documentation of mite predation by a parasitoid wasp, Bracon predatorius Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov., (Insecta: Hymenoptera), first case of obligate […]
Exponential rise in the discovery of endemic plants underscores the need to conserve the Indian savannas
Ganesan Rengaian Biotropica The scientific journal of the ATBC | January 22, 2022 Biodiversity of tropical grasslands and savannas (tropical grassy biomes, TGBs) remains poorly documented compared with tropical forests. This is in part due to the misplaced notion of TGBs being anthropogenic forest derivatives that support negligible biodiversity and endemism. For the Indian savannas, […]
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12th edition of Tamirabharani Waterbird Count to begin on Jan. 21
Mathivanan M The Hindu | January 17, 2022 The 12th edition of Tamirabharani Waterbird Count (TWC), an annual exercise jointly conducted by environmental outfits in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi district after the end of the northeast monsoon, will begin on January 21. Thanks to the active northeast monsoon, the brimming irrigation tanks, including Koonthankulam, Kazhuvurkulam […]
Kerevata Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) is no longer a Papua New Guinean endemic with descriptions of three new species from the Indomalayan Region
A.P. RANJITH, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN Zootaxa | VOL. 5091 NO. 2 | 13 January, 2022 The rogadine genus Kerevata Belokobylskij is newly reported from the Indomalayan region. We describe and illustrate three new species, two from India (K. kethai sp. nov. and K. orientalia sp. nov.) and one from Vietnam (K. longi sp. nov.) and provide an illustrated key to the extant […]
Characterization and Evaluation of Metarhizium spp. (Metsch.) Sorokin Isolates for Their Temperature Tolerance
Viswakethu Velavan, Rajendran Dhanapal, Govindaraju Ramkumar, Sengodan Karthi, Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan, Osmund A Ndomba, Eliningaya J Kweka J Fungi (Basel) | January 10, 2022
ഉള്ളം (ULLAM)
Maneeja Murali, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan വേമ്പനാടിന്റെ ഹൃദയ ഭൂമിയിലൂടെ ‘ജനനി’ എന്ന കൊച്ചു പെൺകുട്ടി നടത്തുന്ന അന്വേക്ഷണമാണ് ഉള്ളം’ എന്ന ഈ സചിത്ര പുസ്തകത്തിലെ പ്രതിപാദ്യം. ജനനി ജനിച്ചതും വളര്‍ന്നതുമെല്ലാം വിദേശത്താണ്‌. എങ്കിലും അവൾ എല്ലാ വേനലവധിക്കാലത്തു മാതാപിതാക്കളുടെ ജന്മഭൂമിയായ വേമ്പനാടന്‍ കായൽത്തീരത്തു എത്തിച്ചേരും. അമ്മയോടും അച്ഛനോടും മുത്തച്ഛനോടുമെല്ലാം ചോദിച്ച്‌ അവള്‍ വേമ്പനാടന്‍ സംസ്കാരത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും കാർഷിക രീതികളെ കുറിച്ചും മനസ്സിലാക്കിയ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഡയറിയിൽ കുറിച്ചിടുന്നു. ജനനിയുടെ അന്വേഷണത്തിനിടയില്‍ അവളുടെ അമ്മയും അച്ഛനും മുത്തശിയും മാത്രമല്ല അവളോട്‌ […]
A Field Guide to FISHES OF VEMBANAD
Anu Radhakrishnan, Maneeja Murali, Bibin Xavier, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Vembanad estuarine system is one of the most beautiful and large humid tropical wetland ecosystems in the southwest coast of India. The veritable presence of numerous canals and streams along with the legendary backwaters, and the never- ending panorama of lush green paddy fields, towering coconut […]
Habitat specificity drives differences in space-use patterns of multiple mesocarnivores in an agroecosystem
A. Katna, A. Kulkarni, M. Thaker, A. T. Vanak Journal of Zoology | September 30, 2021 Space-use patterns of animals are a fundamental measure of resource requirements and constraints. In some human-modified landscapes, especially agroecosystems that depend on both rainfall and irrigation, drivers that influence animal space use can show unexpected spatial and temporal patterns due to anthropogenic […]
