scholarly journals Plant Ecological Studies on Gavi Forests; an Unlogged Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem, Southern Western Ghats of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
ES Abhilash
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Plant Ecological

Analysis of vegetation of Goodrical Reserve forests shows that unlogged area harbours 65 arborescent species of 590 individuals /ha. On the other hand in logged area, number of species were 54 out of 579 individuals /ha. Simpson and Shannon Weiner indices of unlogged and logged area were H’- 3.08, CD-0.092 and H’- 3.60, CD-0.032 respectively. This study also shows that high endemism is seen in Goodrical R.F. and species like, Actinodaphne malabarica, Baccaurea courtallensis, Drypetes elata, Cullenia exarillata, Palaquium ellipticum etc. are quite common. Threatened species like, Anacolosa densiflora and Memecylon subramanii are not common in logged area and common in unlogged area. It is quite probable that these species have been extracted extensively during selection felling, till when the selection felling procedure was completely stopped in 1987, and that is why they are absent in logged area. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/apjeesd.v1i1.9505Asia Pacific Journal of Environment Ecology and Sustainable Development 2013; 1: 15-21

Status of the rare palm Bentinckia condapanna Berry in two habitats of Goodrical Reserve Forests; Western Ghats of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
ES Abhilash ◽  
Brijesh Sathian
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Evergreen Species ◽  
Secondary Species ◽  
Ecological Stress ◽  
Lannea Coromandelica ◽  
Western Ghats Of India

Bentinckia condapanna shows more IVI values and there by dominance and ecological stress in both the sites, that is, in sparsely distributed habitats as well as in dominated habitats (Site-II). Major associations /co dominance to Bentinckia condapanna in site -I were the evergreen species like Macaranga peltata, Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, Lannea coromandelica, Schefflera venulosa etc. and for site-II was the secondary species Chionanthus ramiflorus. Higher IVI values for Bentinckia condapanna in both the sites proves the capacity of this species to establish in mono-dominant and co- dominant communities. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/apjeesd.v1i1.9503Asia Pacific Journal of Environment Ecology and Sustainable Development 2013; 1: 6-9

Rain forest expansion mediated by successional processes in vegetation thickets in the Western Ghats of India

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1067-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Puyravaud ◽  
Céline Dufour ◽  
Subramanian Aravajy
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Forest Expansion ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats

Multiple facets of rarity among rain forest trees in the Western Ghats of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
Priya Davidar ◽  
François Munoz ◽  
Jean-Philippe Puyravaud ◽  
D. Mohandass ◽  
V.S. Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Forest Trees ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats

Fruit biomass and relative abundance of frugivores in a rain forest of southern Western Ghats, India

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ganesh ◽  
Priya Davidar
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Edaphic Factors ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Fleshy Fruits ◽  
Sclerophyll Forest ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Avian Frugivores

Fruit biomass and frugivore abundance were quantified over 3 y in a rain forest of the south Western Ghats, India. Fruit biomass was estimated by sampling fruit fall in the primary forest, and frugivore abundance by a 2.5-km transect. A total of 645 kg ha−1 of fruit was produced annually in the forest. Only 49% of this is edible to the frugivores and the remaining 51% is in the form of non-edible husks. Mammalian frugivores outnumbered avian frugivores and the majority of the mammals were seed predators. The total fruit biomass produced at Kakachi is lower than in the lowland forest and mountain forests in the neotropics but higher than in the wet sclerophyll forest of Australia. Lower diversity of trees and edaphic factors at Kakachi could be some of the reasons for these differences. On the other hand, paucity of fleshy fruits, low density of trees producing fleshy fruits and irregular fruiting of these species, account for the low number of obligate avian frugivores at Kakachi.

scholarly journals ETHNO-ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF WESTERN GHATS REGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VALPARAI TRIBES

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Nithya Jeniffer P ◽  
Manish Kumar ◽  
Logan Kumar K
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Breeding Technology

Traditional knowledge on plant has a long-standing history in many indigenous communities, and continues to provide useful tools for treating various diseases. Tribal communities living in biodiversity rich areas possess a wealth of knowledge on the utilization and conservation of food and medicinal plants. They are well versed in the usage of plant for treating various diseases. The present study carryout by survey method aimed to identifying the plants used for the general health of the tribal communities such as Kadar, Muthuvar and Malai Malasars of Western Ghats region. Ethno medicinal information was gathered throughquestionnaire from the majority of tribal people of Valparai hills Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. All the traditional and other knowledge related to the collection and consumption of the medicinal plants, their environment on which communities depends was documented. The present study observed that, the tribal peoples from valparai having knowledge of 29 species on the traditional medicine. These tribes are one of the major conservators of environments. Their traditional knowledge can be utilized for the breeding technology of variety of threatened species and develop for the biodiversity conservation as well as for pharmacological research in various dimensions.

scholarly journals A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 219-230
Author(s):  
Surya Narayanan ◽  
Pratyush P. Mohapatra ◽  
Amirtha Balan ◽  
Sandeep Das ◽  
David J. Gower
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
White Collar ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

We reassess the taxonomy of the Indian endemic snake Xylophis captaini and describe a new species of Xylophis based on a type series of three specimens from the southernmost part of mainland India. Xylophis deepakisp. nov. is most similar phenotypically to X. captaini, with which it was previously confused. The new species differs from X. captaini by having a broader, more regular and ventrally extensive off-white collar, more ventral scales (117–125 versus 102–113), and by lack of flounces on the body and proximal lobes of the hemipenis. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial 16S DNA sequences strongly indicates that the new species is most closely related to X. captaini, differing from it by an uncorrected pairwise genetic distance of 4.2%. A revised key to the species of Xylophis is provided.

Rediscovery of Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C. Fisch. (Rubiaceae) from the Western Ghats of India after a lapse of 83 years

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 18953-18955
Author(s):  
Perumal Murugan ◽  
Vellingiri Ravichandran ◽  
Chidambaram Murugan
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C.Fisch. (Rubiaceae), a threatened plant species of southern Western Ghats is rediscovered from the adjacent area of the type locality after lapse of eight decades.  Its distribution and conservation status are discussed.

A detailed account of the reproductive strategy and developmental stages of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae), the only extant member of an archaic frog lineage

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3510 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANIL ZACHARIAH ◽  
ROBIN KURIAN ABRAHAM ◽  
SANDEEP DAS ◽  
K. C. JAYAN ◽  
RONALD ALTIG
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategy ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Breeding Biology ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Limb Buds ◽  
Additional Site ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Significant Data

Novel and significant data on the breeding biology and tadpole morphology of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis expands ourunderstanding of this unusual frog and clarifies some data in other reports. Nonpigmented eggs are laid in arrays or clumpsin small shaded rocky pools in the bedrock of torrential streams, as they are charged by early monsoon rains. The suctorialtadpole adapted to rheophilic habitats, has a strongly depressed body, dorsal eyes, complete marginal papillae, a labialtooth row formula of 2/3 or 2/3(1), and a medial vent with unusual flaps subtending the vent and limb buds. Tadpoles meta-morphose in about 100 days. Additional site records and issues relating to the conservation of this frog and its habitat in the southern Western Ghats of India are discussed.

Castianeira furva sp. nov. (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), a new polymorphic ground sac spider from the southern Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3964 (5) ◽  
pp. 569
Author(s):  
PRADEEP M. SANKARAN ◽  
JOBI J. MALAMEL ◽  
MATHEW M. JOSEPH ◽  
POTHALIL A. SEBASTIAN
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

A new species of Striga section Polypleurae (Orobanchaceae) from southern Western Ghats of India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
K. M. PRABHU KUMAR ◽  
M. OMALSREE ◽  
M. SABU ◽  
P. SUNOJKUMAR ◽  
BINU THOMAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Striga from Tamil Nadu parts of Western Ghats of India is described and illustrated as Striga kamalii sp. nov. The new species shows similarity with S. densiflora in having a densely hispid stem, linear leaves, bracts longer than calyx, and oblong fruit shorter than calyx lobes, but differs in the 10-ribbed calyx, the glandular hairs on calyx and corolla tube, and the obovate-rounded petals. A detailed description, with data on distribution and parasitism together with relevant taxonomic notes and colour photographs are provided.

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