Mislabeled and Misunderstood: Large Mammal Distribution Underscores Ecological Significance of Agro-Pastoral “Wastelands” in India’s Deccan Peninsula
Multi-use landscapes are now recognized for their value in supporting biodiversity and aiding species conservation, including charismatic megafauna. However, semi-arid open-canopy human-use landscapes have faced multiple anthropogenic stressors over the past centuries and have received meager conservation attention, especially in South Asia. A growing body of evidence suggests that such ecosystems, even with intermittent human […]
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Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genome Assemblies of Indrella ampulla, a Terrestrial Gastropod Endemic to the Western Ghats
Indrella ampulla is a polymorphic, brightly coloured, forest-dwelling land snail endemic to the Western Ghats of India. This study presents high-quality annotated nuclear and mitochondrial genome assemblies.
An Apterous Specimen of Guithera Feana Distant (Reduviidae: Emesinae: Leistarchini) From Karnataka, India
This paper presents the first illustrated description of an apterous male specimen of Guithera feana from Karnataka.
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Vulnerable Medicinal Tree Saraca Asoca in the Western Ghats India
This study analyses twelve populations using newly developed microsatellite markers, revealing high allelic diversity.
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.
Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems
Land systems are the nexus of many global sustainability and justice challenges. Here we present eight guiding principles (P1–8) for improved land system policies following the heuristic stages of a policy cycle. The principles are as follows: embrace recognitional justice (P1), be politically strategic (P2), consider multiple policy goals (P3), address systemic issues (P4), take […]
