Sociocultural and Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by the Socio-ecological Landscapes of Eastern Himalaya
Aditya Pradhan, Sarala Khaling, Yougesh Tamang Environment, Development and Sustainability | July 9, 2025 This study aims to examine the socio-cultural and economic values attributed to various ecosystem services prioritized by the local community in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya. The study was conducted in 31 villages across agriculture-based and tea plantation landscapes of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, covering […]
Faunal Diversity of Tembao Lake Complex- High-Altitude Wetland In North Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya
Bhoj Kumar Acharya, Iswar Kumar Chettri, Bishal Thakuri, Roshan Tamang, Thangsuanlian Naulak , Aita Hang Subb and Sailendra Dewan Indian Journal of Ecology | July 3, 2025 High-altitude wetlands in the Himalaya are critical biodiversity rich ecosystems, supporting unique alpine flora and fauna while providing essential ecosystem services to downstream communities. However, due to their […]
Harnessing Synergies Across Networks to Drive Sustainable Food Systems in India
Mallika Sardeshpande, Abi Tamim Vanak , Akash Ashwini, Chethana V. Casiker, Hetal Hariya, Ronita Mukherjee, Suparna Chatterjee 1 , Pema Yangden Lepcha, Durba Biswas, M. Soubadra Devy, Ankila J. Hiremath, Priyanka Jamwal, Sarala Khaling, Siddappa Setty Journal of Agriculture and Food Research | July 2, 2025 This study aims to identify the policy actions and […]
Detour Migration to Circumvent the Himalayas in the Montagu’s Harrier Circus Pygargus
Arjun Kannan, M. B. Prashanth, Abhishek Samrat, Raymond H. G. Klaassen & T. Ganesh Movement Ecology | June 16, 2025 Migrating birds do not always travel along the shortest possible routes between breeding and wintering sites. Rather, detours are a common phenomenon in response to availability of foraging habitats, generic wind patterns, predation risk, and […]
Unveiling management suggestions for the invasive tree Senna spectabilis through literature review, species distribution models and ecological knowledge
Anoop N.R., Abhishek Samrat, Shweta Basnett, T Ganesh & Sandeep Sen Biological Invasions | June 6, 2025 In this study, we aim to provide management suggestions through a systematic review of its ecology, distribution, human uses and the mechanisms driving its invasion, combined with an analysis of field-based observations in India’s Western Ghats. We also […]
Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of Moringua hodgarti Chaudhuri, 1913 (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, India
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Rahul G Kumar, Surya Narayanan, Aravind N A Zootaxa | May 27, 2025 For more than a century, there have been no records of Moringua hodgarti, first collected during the Abor Expedition of 1911–1912, and subsequently described by Chaudhuri in 1913 as a species of moringuid eel. We report the rediscovery of this […]
Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)
Sven Bacher, Ellen Ryan-Colton, Mario Coiro, Phillip Cassey, Bella S. Galil, Martin A. Nuñez, Michael Ansong, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Georgi Fayvush, Romina D. Fernandez, Ankila J. Hiremath, Makihiko Ikegami et al. Scientific Data | May 26, 2025 Invasive alien species are a major driver of global change, impacting biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human livelihoods. To document […]
Trophic Interactions of Two Aquatic Anurans From the Mid-elevation Evergreen Forests of the Western Ghats, India
Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri, Preeti Saryan Journal of Natural History | April 28, 2025 Food is an important resource that is often partitioned among co-occurring species. Anurans (Frogs and Toads) are a diverse group of vertebrates distributed globally and are known to be generalist predators. While the dietary ecology of anurans has been extensively studied in […]
Isodon neorensis Ranjan, G. Krishna & Anant Kumar (Lamiaceae): a new record for Sikkim Himalaya, India
Pramod Rai Journal of Threatened Taxa | May 5, 2025 The genus Isodon (Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach (Lamiaceae: Nepetoideae: Ocimeae: Isodoninae) in India is represented by about 22 taxa distributed mostly in eastern and peninsular India (Anonymous 2020; Ranjan et al. 2022). During an exploration of Gangtok flora, an interesting species of the genus Isodon […]
Eulophia siamensis (Epidendroideae: Orchidaceae) from Sikkim; a New Record for the Flora of India
Pramod Rai, Santosh Kumar Rai, Prakash Limboo, Sudhizong Lucksom Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica | may 1, 2025 Eulophia R. Br. ex Lindl. (Orchidaceae), com- prising about 281 species distributed mostly in Africa, with some in Asia and Australia, is the largest genus in subtribe Eulophiinae (subfamily Epidendroideae: tribe Cymbidieae) (Martos et al. 2014, POWO 2024). Eulophia is terrestrial […]
