Anuran Assemblage in a Rapidly Urbanizing City in South Asia
K. S. Seshadri, M. K. Vidisha, Pushkar Ravindra Wagh, H. S. Sudhira, Maria Thaker Urban Ecosystem | October 27, 2025 Urbanization is an ongoing process and an important driver of land use changes globally. Cities expand at the expense of natural landscapes, thereby shaping the ecological communities within them. The Global South is urbanizing rapidly, […]
Secondary seed dispersal by migrant harriers in India
Anoop N. R., Thalavaipandi S., Selvakumar, M. B. Prashanth, Arjun Kannan, T. Ganesh OIKOS | October 24, 2025 The study identified seeds in 670 (21%) of the 3216 pellets collected from pallid harrier Circus macrourus and Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus winter roosts between 2016 and 2023 across three key wintering regions in India. The analysis […]
Mobilising Policy and Public Finance Levers for Land Restoration in India
Anuja Malhotra, Sanjana Nair, Sangita Ganesh, Abi Tamim Vanak Economic and Political Weekly | October 24, 2025 Identifying 20 schemes with at least one component related to land restoration under the Union Budget 2023, it was found that allocations by ministries have stayed roughly the same or decreased for restoration-related schemes since 2016–17, with underspending […]
Six New Additions to the Indian Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Fauna From Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, Rajkamal Goswami, Seena N. Karimbumkara, Agur Litin Entomon | October 22, 2025 This paper reports six new additions to the butterfly fauna of India, based on photographic evidence from the community forests of Simong Village in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
No Longer Standing Alone: the Systematic Position of Apollonias Arnottii in Lauraceae
Nabasmita Malakar, R. Ganesan Phytotaxa | October 14, 2025 Apollonias is one of the taxonomically understudied genera of the family Lauraceae, which consisted of two disjunct distributed species, Apollonias barbujana from the Canary Islands, Spain and A. arnottii from Western Ghats, India. The key characteristic of the genus is the presence of bilocular anthers compared […]
Restoring Drylands: Policy Pathways, Governance, and Stakeholder Synergy for Ecosystem Revival
Deepanjana Saha Land Restoration Through Ecosystem-Based Approach | October 1, 2025 The chapter critically examines governance structures, participatory approaches, and policy frameworks for dryland restoration, with global case studies and recommendations for strengthening policy coherence and resource mobilization.
Croton Euryphyllus W.w.sm. (Euphorbiaceae): A New Record for the Flora of India With Notes on Its Ethnobotanical Uses by Wancho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (India) and Probable Route of Migration
Pokhaw Khangam, Dupjang Lepcha, Likha Rido, A.P. Das, Sumpam Tangjang and Tonlong Wangpan East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy | September 8, 2025 Croton euryphyllus W.W.Sm. (Euphorbiaceae) is reported here as a new distributional record for India from the Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh. The species was encountered during an ethnobotanical survey of the Wancho […]
Sacred Natural Sites Conservation in India: Examining Supernatural Institutions Through Ostrom’s Design Principles and Gender
Shruti Mokashi, Praneeta Mudaliar Society and Natural Resources | September 4, 2025 Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), a type of sacred commons managed through supernatural institutions (SIs), may serve as conservation models due to their historical longevity and ecological benefits. Given the persistence of SNS, it is likely that Ostrom’s design principles (DPs) may be represented […]
Influence of Stand-level Characteristics on Woodpecker Diversity in Human-modified Forested Habitats Outside Protected Areas in the Eastern Himalaya, India
Aditya Pradhan , Sarala Khaling and Goutam Kumar Saha Bird Conservation International | August 22, 2025 The study aimed to identify the key forest characteristics that influence woodpecker diversity at the community and individual species levels. Data on woodpeckers were collected using point counts along transects during the pre-monsoon, monsoon, post-monsoon, and winter seasons. Habitat […]
Prevalence of monogamy at the level of flowers in plants
Kamaljit S Bawa , Namratha Tiwari , K Nagaraju Shivaprakash Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | August 4, 2025 Different types of genomic conflicts are possible in plants with multiovulate ovaries that produce multiseeded fruits: between the maternal plant and its offspring, among developing seeds, between paternal and maternal genomes over seed development, and among paternal parents […]
