scholarly journals Records of Rusty-Spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 17258-17262
Author(s):  
Hemant Singh ◽  
Aditya Kariyappa
Keyword(s):  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
The World ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest

The Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus is the smallest cat in the world and restricted to the Indian subcontinent.  Although it has been recorded across India, its ecology is poorly understood.  In the northwestern state of Rajasthan, it has been recorded in the dry deciduous forest landscapes of Udaipur, Sariska, and Ranthambore.  We report camera trap records of the Rusty-Spotted Cat in semi evergreen and dry deciduous forests in Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan.  In the current study from September 2017 to April 2018, out of 1,800 camera trapping nights the species was recorded on ten occasions, at four different locations in Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary.

Herbivore density and biomass in a semi-arid tropical dry deciduous forest of western India

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumanta Bagchi ◽  
Surendra P. Goyal ◽  
K. Sankar
Keyword(s):  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Western India ◽  
Panthera Tigris ◽  
Biomass Density ◽  
Important Prey ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Herbivore Density ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest ◽  
Density And Biomass

Prey depletion is a major (but often neglected) factor driving the current decline of tigers (Panthera tigris L.) (Karanth & Stith 1999). Thus conservation planning for the tiger in a fragmented, human-dominated landscape requires reliable information on prey densities from various parts of its range. We report numerical and biomass density of six herbivores from the tropical dry-deciduous forests of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (RTR, 26°N and 76°E), Rajasthan, India, where these are important prey for tigers (Bagchi et al. 2003).

scholarly journals Improving Terrestrial Squamate Surveys with Camera-Trap Programming and Hardware Modifications

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Welbourne ◽  
A. W. Claridge ◽  
D. J. Paull ◽  
F. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Focal Length ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Infrared Sensor ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna ◽  
The World ◽  
Lens Focal Length

Camera-traps are used widely around the world to census a range of vertebrate fauna, particularly mammals but also other groups including birds, as well as snakes and lizards (squamates). In an attempt to improve the reliability of camera-traps for censusing squamates, we examined whether programming options involving time lapse capture of images increased detections. This was compared to detections by camera-traps set to trigger by the standard passive infrared sensor setting (PIR), and camera-traps set to take images using time lapse in combination with PIR. We also examined the effect of camera trap focal length on the ability to tell different species of small squamate apart. In a series of side-by-side field comparisons, camera-traps programmed to take images at standard intervals, as well as through routine triggering of the PIR, captured more images of squamates than camera-traps using the PIR sensor setting alone or time lapse alone. Similarly, camera traps with their lens focal length set at closer distances improved our ability to discriminate species of small squamates. With these minor alterations to camera-trap programming and hardware, the quantity and quality of squamate detections was markedly better. These gains provide a platform for exploring other aspects of camera-trapping for squamates that might to lead to even greater survey advances, bridging the gap in knowledge of this otherwise poorly known faunal group.

Diversity of soil fungi in dry deciduous forest of Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary, western Ghats of southern India

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivakumar P. Banakar ◽  
B. Thippeswamy ◽  
B. V. Thirumalesh ◽  
K. J. Naveenkumar
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Soil Fungi ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest ◽  
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary

scholarly journals Host specificity of some wood decaying-fungi in moist deciduous forests of Kerala, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 10096
Author(s):  
A. Muhammed Iqbal ◽  
Kattany Vidyasagaran ◽  
Narayan Ganesh
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Host Specialization ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Narrow Host Range ◽  
Low Diversity ◽  
Host Tree Species ◽  
The Tropics

The low diversity tropical forest is dominated by host specialized wood decaying fungi (Hymenochaetales, Polyporales) with narrow host range.  To understand whether or not wood decaying fungi in a highly diverse tropical moist deciduous forest have any kind of host specialization, sporophores of 22 species of wood decaying fungi were recorded on 17 tree species in three seasons viz., pre monsoon, monsoon and post monsoon from the moist deciduous forests of Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India.  Only two of the 22 species with three or more records showed signs of host specialization.  In the case of other fungi, the number of host tree species increased with increasing number of occupied or colonized logs.  The findings support the assumption that most of the wood decaying fungi have broad host ranges in highly diverse forest types in the tropics.

Multi-year eddy covariance measurements of net ecosystem exchange in tropical dry deciduous forest of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 301-302 ◽  
pp. 108351
Author(s):  
Suraj Reddy Rodda ◽  
Kiran Chand Thumaty ◽  
MSS Praveen ◽  
Chandra Shekhar Jha ◽  
Vinay Kumar Dadhwal
Keyword(s):  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Net Ecosystem Exchange ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest ◽  
Eddy Covariance Measurements

A new species of Lophopogon (Poaceae) from Ananthapuramu of Andhra Pradesh, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 500 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-240
Author(s):  
KOTHAREDDY PRASAD ◽  
NAGARAJU SIDDABATHULA ◽  
ANGAJALA NARAYANA SWAMY ◽  
ARAVEETI MADHUSUDHANA REDDY ◽  
MUDADLA SANKARA RAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Lophopogon (Poaceae), L. prasannae is described from dry deciduous forest of Ananthapuramu district, Andhra Pradesh, India. This new species shows morphological similarities with L. tridentatus and L. kingii but differs in certain characters, which are discussed below. A detailed description, photographs and taxonomic key are provided for easy identification of the species.

Wood Specific Gravity in Species from Two Tropical Forests in Mexico

IAWA Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefina Barajas-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
T Test ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Wood Specific Gravity ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest

The specific gravity of 220 woody species, half of them from a tropical rainforest, half from a tropical deciduous forest was measured. The two groups were compared using a Student t-test. The results show highly significant differences in specific gravity between the species from the two areas: woods from the dry deciduous forest tend to be much heavier than those from the rainforest.

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