Assessing catchment-scale performance of in-stream Provisional Green Infrastructure interventions for Dry Weather Flows
Daniel Philips, Priyanka Jamwal, Mark Lindquist, Andrew Gronewold Landscape and Urban Planning | October 2022
Managing Irrigation Under Increasing Water Scarcity
Soumya Balasubramanya, Nicholas Brozović, Ram Fishman, Sharachchandra Lele, Jinxia Wang Agricultural Economics | October 6, 2022 With rising physical and economic scarcity of water, increasing or sustaining agricultural production while limiting or reducing consumptive water use is an urgent challenge. This article examines the case of four countries—India, China, western United States, and Israel—where there is a long history […]
REDESCRIPTION AND RANGE EXTENSION OF TWOCARNIVOROUS MICRO-SNAILSPECIES OF THE GENUSSINOENNEA (GASTROPODA: STREPTAXOIDEA: DIAPHERIDAE)FROM NORTHEAST INDIA
N.K. Das, B. PÁll-Gergely & N.A. Aravind Journal of Conchology | 2022 This paper provides new records and redescribes two carnivorous micro snail species, viz., Sinoennea austeni (Peile, 1929) and Sinoennea vara (Benson, 1859), belonging to the family Diapheridae. Redescriptions are based on shell morphology and include ecological notes and new localities including the first […]
Temples and bats in a homogeneous agriculture landscape: Importance of microhabitat availability, disturbance and land use for bat conservation
T. Ganesh, A. Saravanan, M. Mathivanan Plos One | July 13, 2022
A Multi-pronged Approach to Source Attribution and Apportionment of Heavy Metals in Urban Rivers
Priyanka Jamwal, Divya Nayak, Praveen Raje Urs, Mohamed Zuhail Thatey, Malavika Gopinath, Mohammad Idris & Sharachchandra Lele Ambio | June 8, 2022 Heavy metal (HM) contamination of water bodies is caused by both first generation (industries) and second generation (distributed sources, domestic sewage, sediments) sources. We applied a multi-pronged approach to quantify the contribution of […]
Niche shift in invasive species: is it a case of “home away from home” or finding a “new home”
Aravind N.A, Maanya Uma Shaanker, Poorna Bhat H. N., Bipin Charles, Uma Shaanker R., Manzoor A. Shah, Ravikanth G
Fifty Years After Un Environment Summit, Researchers Renew Call for Action
Maria Ivanova & Sharachchandra Lele Correspondence | June 1, 2022 On the eve of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, a group of 2,200 scientists signed a letter — now known as the Menton Message — to their (then) 3.5 billion neighbours on Earth. In one of the earliest examples of […]
Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Northeast India – Patterns and gaps in discovery
SNEHA HARIDAS, HARSHA MALHOTRA, SEENA NARAYANAN KARIMBUMKARA, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN
Native tree species richness enhances matrix functionality for soil arthropods in tropical plantation landscapes: A case study from the Himalayas
Annesha Chowdhury, Abhishek Samrat, Rathnavel Pandian, Soubadra Devy
Assessing the role of groundwater recharge from tanks in crystalline bedrock aquifers in Karnataka, India, using hydrochemical tracers
Veena Srinivasan Journal of Hydrology X | Volume 15, 1 May, 2022 The majority of India’s rural drinking water supply is sourced from groundwater, which also plays a critical role in irrigated agriculture, supporting the livelihoods of millions of users. However, recent high abstractions are threatening the sustainable use of groundwater, and action is needed to […]
