Direct and Indirect Effects of Urbanization, Pesticides and Wild Insect Pollinators on Mango Yield
Gabriel Marcacci, Soubadra Devy, Arne Wenzel, Vikas S. Rao, Shabarish Kumar S., Nils Nölke, Vasuki V. Belavadi, Teja Tscharntke, Ingo Grass, Catrin Westphal Journal of Applied Ecology | July 24, 2023 Expanding cities increasingly encroach fertile farmlands, questioning the viability of maintaining agriculture within and around them. Yet, our knowledge on how urbanization influences pollinator communities and the provision of pollination services to crops is […]
A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with descriptions of seven new species from India and Sri Lanka
A.P. Ranjith, Cornelis Van Achterberg, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan Zootaxa | July 21, 2023 A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae is described from the Oriental region including a new species from south India. Additionally, six new species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer is described from India and Sri Lanka. Taxonomic keys to separate the new genus […]
Editorial: Coexistence between conservation and food security in social-ecological systems
Silvio J. Crespin, Saloni Bhatia and Tolera S. Jiren Frontiers in Conservation Science | 17 July, 2023 Nature’s demise is a global crisis that jeopardizes food security and human well-being. Due to human activities, close to a million plant and animal species face extinction within the ensuing decades (IUCN, 2022). However, November 15th, 2022 is […]
Decolonising Decentralised Governance : Insights from the Forests of Maharashtra
Sharachchandra Lele , Anuja Anil Economic and Political Weekly | July 9, 2022 Three decades since the initiation of decentralised governance, and more than a decade since the first community forest resource right was recognised in Maharashtra, forest-dwelling communities still have limited space in decision-making about their forest resources. This article describes three cases from […]
Comparative Analysis of Ethno Medicinal Plants Among Some Communities of Manipur, North East India.
Chandrima Ningombam and Siddappa Setty European Chemical Bulletin | June 25, 2023 The term ethnobotany means the study of the plants in a particular region and their uses based on indigenous cultural beliefs and practices by the local population. And such treatment is not related with modern physician drug. During the study it was observed […]
Diet of Montagu’s Harriers Circus pygargus Wintering in India: Analysing Seasonal, Regional and Sex Differences Using Web-Sourced Photographs and Pellet Contents
Arjun Kannan, Subbaiah Thalavaipandi, Deven Mehta, A. Saravanan, M. B. Prashanth, Thyagarajan Ganesh Acta Ornithologica | June 14, 2023 Studies on the diet composition of bird species provide valuable insights on their habitat use, trophic interactions and prey selection. Prey abundance can drive movements of raptors in their wintering grounds. But such links have been […]
Snails on the Plate: Edible Freshwater Molluscs of Northeast India
Anushree Jadhava,b, Nipu Kumar Dasa,b, Maitreya Sila & N A Aravind Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge | May 29, 2023 In many parts of the world, freshwater molluscs are extensively harvested for food and medicine. Northeast India is one such region where freshwater molluscs are consumed by the tribal and economically impoverished communities. These molluscs […]
Roof of the World: Home and Border in the Genomic Era
Wa Da, Suresh K. Rana, Kamal Bawa, Krushnamegh Kunte, Zhengyang Wang Molecular Ecology Resource | May 26, 2023 Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau, known as the ‘land of snow’ and the ‘roof of the world’, is home to tens of millions of indigenous people who live with a staggering amount of biological diversity. In the […]
Elephants in the farm – changing temporal and seasonal patterns of human-elephant interactions in a forest-agriculture matrix in the Western Ghats, India
Anoop N.R, Siddhartha Krishnan, T. Ganesh Frontiers in Conservation Science | 24 May, 2023 Accelerating levels of human-elephant conflicts (HEC) have become a topic of major concern in conservation efforts of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) throughout their range. Wayanad plateau (WP) is a key summer habitat of Asian elephants in the Brahmagri-Nilgiri Eastern Ghats […]
A Daytime Observation of a Spotted Linsang Prionodon Pardicolor in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Yumlam Benjamin Bida & Aditya Pradhan Small Carnivore Conservation | vol. 61, 2023 A Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor was sighted and photographed at an elevation of 533 m asl along the Namdapha River in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. This is the first verifiable record of the species utilising an open space along riverine […]
