ID: 54213
Title: Working plan of Dharwad Forest Division
Author: Raj Kishore Singh
Editor: Raj Kishore Singh
Year: 2002
Publisher: Working Plan Division, Karnataka Forest Department, Dharwad
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Working plan of Dharwad Forest Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 54212
Title: Working plan for the forests of Honnavar Division
Author: K S Sai Baba
Editor: K S Sai Baba
Year: 2002
Publisher: Working Plan Division, Karnataka Forest Department, Dharwad
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Working plan for the forests of Honnavar Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54211
Title: Working plan for the forests of Karwar Division
Author: K S Sai Baba
Editor: K S Sai Baba
Year: 2002
Publisher: Working Plan Division, Karnataka Forest Department, Dharwad
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Working plan for the forests of Karwar Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54210
Title: Working plan for Yellapur Division
Author: Raj Kishore Singh
Editor: Raj Kishore Singh
Year: 2002
Publisher: Working Plan Division, Dharwad
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Working plan for Yellapur Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54209
Title: Oxfam Support Project - Uttara Kannada
Author: Amit Mitra, Mariette Correa
Editor: None
Year: 1997
Publisher: Oxfam (India) Trust, February 1997
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Oxfam Support Project - Uttara Kannada
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54208
Title: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Haliyal Forest Division
Author: None
Editor: Dr C B S Dutt
Year: 1996
Publisher: Forestry & Ecology Division, NRSA and KFD, October 1996
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Haliyal Forest Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 54207
Title: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Honnavar Forest Division
Author: None
Editor: Dr. C B S Dutt
Year: 1995
Publisher: Forestry & Ecology Division, NRSA and KFD, 1995
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Honnavar Forest Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54206
Title: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Yellapur Forest Division
Author: None
Editor: Dr. C B S Dutt
Year: 1996
Publisher: Forestry & Ecology Division, NRSA and KFD, October 1996
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Yellapur Forest Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54205
Title: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Sirsi Forest Division
Author: None
Editor: Dr. C B S Dutt
Year: 1995
Publisher: Forestry & Ecology Division, NRSA and KFD, 1995
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Remote Sensing Based Management Plan Inputs Sirsi Forest Division
Keywords: None
Abstract: None
Location: Kumta
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54204
Title: Nestedness pattern in stream diatom assemblages of Central Western Ghats
Author: B. Karthick, M.K.Mahesh and T.V. Ramachandra
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Diatoms, idiosyncratic species, nestedness, stream sites
Abstract: Community diversity and the population abundance of a particular group of species are controlled by immediate environment, inter- and intra-species interactions, landscape conditions, historical events and evolutionary processes. Nestedness is a measure of order in an ecological system, referring to the order in which the number of species is related to area or other factors. In this study we have studied the nestedness pattern in stream diatom assemblages in 24 stream sites of central Western Ghats, and report 98 taxa from the streams of central Western Ghats region. The communities show highly significant nested pattern. The Mantel test of matrix revealed a strong relationship between species assemblages and environmental conditions at the sites. A significant relationship between species assemblage and environmental condition was observed. Principal component analysis (PCA) indicated that environmental conditions differed markedly across the sampling sites, with the first three components explaining 78% of variance. Species composition of diatoms is significantly correlated with environmental distance across geographical extent. The current pattern suggests that micro-environment at regional levels influences the species composition of epilithic diatoms in streams. The nestedness shown by the diatom community was highly significant, even though it had a high proportion of idiosyncratic species, characterized with high numbers of cosmopolitan species, whereas the nested species were dominated by endemic species. PCA identifies ionic parameters and nutrients as the major features which determine the characteristics of the sampling sites. Hence the local water quality parameters are the major factors in deciding the diatom species assemblages.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 54203
Title: Status of Embelia ribes Burm f. (Vidanga), an important medicinal species of commerce from northern Western Ghats of India
Author: M Mhaskar, S Joshi, B Chavan, A Joglekar, N Barve and A Patwardhan
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Distribution map, Embelia ribes, population decline, trade
Abstract: Embelia ribes is a red-listed medicinal plant species that contains embelin, which has wide clinical applications. Its great demand in Ayurveda and the pharmaceutical industry (>100 t/yr) has imposed tremendous pressure on natural populations from the Western Ghats of India. In this study, we have prepared a distribution map of E. ribes for the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Issues regarding misidentification, adulteration and the status of its trade with respect to its population decline have been critically discussed.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54202
Title: Sprouting shoot biomass dynamics associated with traditional fire in the oak forest stand of Manipur, North East India
Author: Tongbram Chand Singh and E J Singh
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Net primary production, oak species, shoot biomass, sprouts, traditional fire
Abstract: Sprouting shoot biomass of five tree species in the oak forest was measured at the end of the first and second year with different stump diameter and height (cm), and site quality (unburnt and burnt). The influence of stump diameter and height, shoot diameter, number of survived shoots and total leaf area on shoot biomass production is significant (P<0.001). The net primary productivity of sprouts of these tree species is in the following order: Lithocarpus dealbata (15.29 kg stump-1 yr-1)> L. fenestrata (7.05 kg stump-1yr-1) >Castanopsis tribuloides (6.68 kg stump-1yr-1) > Quercus griffithii (6.19 kg stump-1yr-1) > Q. serrata (2.28 kg stump-1yr-1). The treatment factor (site quality) also has significant effect on the sprouting shoot biomass production (P<0.05). The value of Durbin-Watson statistics was found to be 1.75 (close to 2), so that the fitted adjusted regression is useful to predict the pattern of biomass in the present study.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54201
Title: Geomorphic evidence of galciations around Mount Kailash (Inner Kora): implication to past climate
Author: Navin Juyal, P S Thakkar and Y P Sundriyal
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Geomorphic evidence, glaciations, lateral moraine, monsoon, past climate
Abstract: Geomorphological observations of palaeoglaciation around the southern flank of Mount Kailash (Serlung Chu valley) are presented. Three distinct events of glaciation with decreasing magnitude (Kailash stage (KS)-I to KS-III) are well represented by the trails of lateral moraine. Inferred chronology of the glaciations suggests that the KS-I event pre-dates teh Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), KS-II is attributed to the LGM, whereas KS-III corresponds to the early/mid-Holocene. The push moraine and the exposed glaciated bedrock proximal to the Mount Kailash are assigned to the Little Ice Age (LIA). A decrease in glacier ice volume after KS-III glaciation is attributed to the decrease in monsoon and an increase in the summer temperature after LIA.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
Literature cited 2: None


ID: 54200
Title: Assessment of post tsunami coral reef resource in Pongi Balu coast, south Andaman Islands
Author: Dilip Kumar Jha, N V Vinithkumar, J Santhnakumar, A K Abdul Nazar and R Kirubagaran
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Coral reefs, geographic information system, satellite data, south Andaman
Abstract: In the present study, an assessment of the status of coral reefs along the Pongi Balu coast, south Andaman Islands, which is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, has been made by scuba diving, low draft glass-bottom boat and visual interpretation in some places during low-tide condition. The coral reef boundaries have been accurately determined with the help of a low draft glass-bottom boat fitted with a real time kinematics global positioning system, and the existing coral reefs map of the area has been updated using the geographic information system technique. A total of 161.6 ha of previously existed live coral reefs were surveyed along the Pongi Balu coast and out of that ' live cora ' was found over 81.4 ha and ' dead coral ' was found over 60.6 ha whereas 19.6 ha area was found to have been lost from the existing coral reefs and categorized as ' no coral ' . The study highlights a few natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the existing coral reefs and hindering the re-establishment of coral reefs in the study area.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
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ID: 54199
Title: Detection of potential site for future human habitability on the Moon using Chandrayann -1 data
Author: A S Arya, R P Rajasekhar, Guneshwar Thangjam, Ajai and A S Kiran Kumar
Editor: P Balaram
Year: 2011
Publisher: Current Science Association, Vol 100, No 4, 25 February 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Current Science
Keywords: Human habitability, lava tube, Moon, rille
Abstract: Chandrayaan-1, the maiden Indian lunar spacecraft, carried 11 different scientific payloads on -board. The Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) having 5 m spatial resolution and three-dimensional viewing capability had better sensor parameters than other similar cameras flown to the Moon before this mission. TMC captured the lunar surface features with unprecedented clarity. A buried, uncollapsed and near horizontal lava tube was detected in TMC stereo images of the Oceanus Procellarum area on the Moon. A Digital Elevation Model was generated to view the feature in three-dimensional perspective. A couple of rilles have been found to be connected sub-surfacially by an undamaged lava tube, indicating that the roof of this section of the tube has remained intact since its formation. The lava tube has been analysed thoroughly in terms of morphometry, topography, surface composition and surface ages of the surrounding regions. Such a lava tube could be a potential site for further human habitability on the Moon for future human missions and scientific explorations, providing a safe environment from hazardous radiations, micro-meteoritic impacts, extreme temperatures and dust storms.
Location: 241
Literature cited 1: None
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