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ID: 66605
Title: Agroforestry Trade-offs in India: A Multicriteria model to Optimize Land, Carbon, Food and Adoption Outcomes
Author: H. S. Gupta
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (11) Nov. 25 Pg No. 1023-1028 (2025)
Subject: Agroforestry Trade-offs in India: A Multicriteria model to Optimize Land, Carbon, Food and Adoption Outcomes
Keywords: Agroforestry, Multicriteria model, National Agroforestry Policy, Agroforestry Scenarios in India, Climate Mitigation.
Abstract: Agroforestry in India is a multipurpose system that can balance income, carbon and food security. This study found through a multi-criteria spatial model that 32 million hectares of area is suitable for agroforestry, which can generate annual income of `374 billion and carbon absorption of 77 million tonnes of CO2e. The potential impact on food production was found to be only 2.8%. This provides a scientific and practical direction for policy making.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: haturvedi O.P., Tiwari R. and Handa A.K. (2017). Agroforestry in India: 50 Years of Research. ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi. Chauhan S.K., Singh B. and Sharma S.C. (2009). Productivity and carbon sequestration potential of poplar agroforestry systems in Punjab, India. Indian Forester, 135(5): 639–649.
Literature cited 2: Dhyani S.K., Handa A.K. and Uma (2013). Area under agroforestry in India: An assessment for present status and future perspective. Indian Journal of Agroforestry, 15(1): 1–11. FAO (2017). Voluntary Guidelines for Agroforestry Development. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.

ID: 66604
Title: Flood and Fury: Ecological Devastation in the Western Ghats
Author: Viju B
Editor: None
Year: 2019
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 2019
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Flood and Fury: Ecological Devastation in the Western Ghats 1-296 pgs
Subject: Flood and Fury: Ecological Devastation in the Western Ghats
Keywords: None
Abstract: Flood and Fury: Ecological Devastation in the Western Ghats
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 66603
Title: Rare occurrence of Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) below 500 meter in West Bengal can lead to future human wild life conflict
Author: Suman Pratihar, Niloy Mandal,Pabitra Mahata and Nirupam Acharya
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 1019-1021 (2025)
Subject: Rare occurrence of Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) below 500 meter in West Bengal can lead to future human wild life conflict
Keywords: None
Abstract: The Tarai gray langur's range includes the Himalayan foothills, specifically the Tarai region, which extends into parts of northern India. No specific photographic record was documented from West Bengal. Tarai gray langur (Semnopithecus hector) is Near Threatened mammal as per IUCN red list, under Conservation Schedule II, Part I in Indian Wildlife (Protection)Act, 1972.S. hector was previously recognized as a subspecies of Semnopithecus entellus but now considered a new species (Molur and Chhangani, 2011). According to scientific record Tarai gray langur distributed in Himalayan foothills, Nepal, Bhutan and Himalayan Terai of Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in India (Wilson and Reeder, 2005).
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Aggarwal V.C.Das P.K.Chakravorty S., Ghose R.K., Mandal A.K.Chakraborty T.K., Poddar A.K., Lal J.P,Bhattacharya T.P. and Ghosh M.K. (1992). Mammalia, pp.27-169.In: Ghosh, A.K. (eds). Fauna of West Bengal Part 1, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 443pp. Mallick J.K. (2012). Mammals of Kalimpong Hills, Darjeeling District, West Bengal,India,Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (12):3103-3136.
Literature cited 2: Mallick J.K. (2012).Mammals of Kalimpong Hills, Darjeeling District, West Bengal,India,Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (12): 3103-3136. Mitra S. (2004). In dire straits. The crisis of the Bengal Elephants. Panda (WWF-India Newsletter) October:19-20.

ID: 66602
Title: Elephant, Forest, Human-elephant conflicts and fodder plants: An ecological view
Author: Bhagwati Prashad Sharma, N.Anil Kumar,Niraj Kumar and Sanjeet Kumar
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 1012-1018 (2025)
Subject: Elephant, Forest, Human-elephant conflicts and fodder plants: An ecological view
Keywords: None
Abstract: Elephants are considered the keystone species of an ecosystem, playing a vital role in seed dispersal, enhancing the food resources and habitat of other animals, causing habitat degradation, etc. and they severely impact their surroundings positively as well as negatively (Liu and Li, 2018). Being mega herbivores, they consume a huge quantity of plants, which includes many fruits. When they move from one place to another, their dung also transfers to places where there is no chance to find that plant species.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Behera F.Devi R.S., Acharya S. and Kumar S. (2020).Food plants assessment of Asian Eephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus,1755) in Dhenkanal district of Odisha, India tool for migration of Human-elephant conflict .neBIO,11(2):117-124. Chaitae A.Gordon I.J. Addisson J. and Marsh H (2022). Protection of elephants and sustaianable use of ivory in Thailand, Oryx,56 (4):601-608.
Literature cited 2: Chibeya D. Wood H.,Cousins S., Carter K., Nyirendra M.A. and Maseka H. (2021). How do African elephants utilize the landscape during wet season? A habitat connectivity analysis for Sioma Ngwezi landscape in Zambia. Ecology and Evolution., 11(21):14916-14931. Das D. (2017).Food and feeding habits of Asian elephants Elephas maximus in tropical deciduous forest of Tripura and its conservation. Bioscience Discovery, 8 (4):846-852.

ID: 66601
Title: Lectotypification of Calanthe anjanae S.Z.Lucksom (Orchidaceae)
Author: Durga Kumar Pradhan
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 1010-1011 (2025)
Subject: Lectotypification of Calanthe anjanae S.Z.Lucksom (Orchidaceae)
Keywords: None
Abstract: Calanthe anajanae S.Z. Lucksom in an endemic species of Sikkim (Lucksom, 1993). The flowering time is from April to May (Lucksom,1993;2007).As cited in the Protologue of Calanthe anjanae, the holotype was deposited at the CAL. But the epublicationof enumeration of missing holotypes of CAL mentioned that no holotype specimen of Calanthe anjanae is available in CAL (Bandopadhyay et al ,2017).
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Literature cited 1: Bandopadhyay S., Krishna G. and Venu P. (2017).Missing Holotypes of Names in Plants, Fungi and Algae published from India. International Journal of Advanced Research in Botany, 3 (30:34-39.) Govaerts R. (1999). World Checklist of Seedplants, 3 (1.2a& 2b), MIM,Deume.
Literature cited 2: Govaerts R. (2003).World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in Access. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Lucksom S.Z. (1993). A new species of Caanthe R. Br (Orchidacae) from Sikkim, India: Indian Journal of Forestry 16 (4):386-388.

ID: 66600
Title: Host plant diversity of red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and their ecological link to the Indian Pangolin in Sundargarh ,Odisha
Author: Subhalakshmi Rout, Sakti Kanta Rath, Mukta Mayee Kumbhar and Sanjeet Kumar.
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 1005-1009 (2025)
Subject: Host plant diversity of red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and their ecological link to the Indian Pangolin in Sundargarh ,Odisha
Keywords: None
Abstract: Insects are vital to forest ecosystems but often overlooked in Indian reserch, which has largely focussed on larger animals (Mitra et al.,2020). One such insect is the Red Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina). known for its role in pest control, food supply, and ecological balance (Rout and Kumar,2023, Dehar et al., 2024). Despite their importance, they remain under studied. This study documents the host plants of O.Smaragdina in Bonai and Rourkela Forest Divisions, Sundaragarh district, Odisha (Kumar et al.,2022).
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Literature cited 1: Aswathi P., Gayathri P. and Thomas S.K. (2015).Nesting trees of weaver ants in a rural agroecosystem in South Malabar. Hexapoda (Insecta indica), 22 (1&2):31-35. Bhagat M., Ganguli J. and Gauraha R. (2020).Predatory behaviour of red ant (Oecophylla smaragdina F) on various insect pests of different crops. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8 (4):1396-1400.
Literature cited 2: Deepak S., Rashmi M.A. and Varghese A. (2022).A multidimensional view of weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, Insect Environment, 25 (1):109-111. Dehar P.S., Saradar B., Kumar N., Rout S., Kumar S. and Dhal A. (2024). Red weaver ants and Shorea robusta, a relationship between a tribal food and tree. Animal-Plant interaction, Volume 5. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha, India.

ID: 66599
Title: Host plant diversity of red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and their ecological link to the Indian Pangolin in Sundargarh ,Odisha
Author: Rangjalu Basumatary ,Sunit KR, Das ,Didom Basumatary,Jitul Kalita and Anupam Sarmah
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 1002-1004 (2025)
Subject: Host plant diversity of red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and their ecological link to the Indian Pangolin in Sundargarh ,Odisha
Keywords: None
Abstract: Locally known as 'Ulumora' in Assamese, Bengal Florican is one of the critically endangered grassland bird species, with a global population of around 250-999 adult individuals only along with a declining trend (Birdlife International,2024).Globally, it is found in the Indian Subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam, India, It is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and has histrorically been widely ditributed from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal to the foothills of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in India.
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Literature cited 1: Bird Life international (2024).Houbaropsis bengalensis. The IUCN Red list of Threatened Species 2022.https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bengal-floricanhoubaropsis bengalensis on 15/08/2024 Birdlife international (2001). Threatened Birds of Asia-Part A.Birdlife International, Cambridge,516pp.
Literature cited 2: Brahma N. Choudhury K., Sharma R.K. and Basumatary M. (2009). Bengal Florican Conservation and Research Initiative in BTAD,India Aaranyak report,63 pp. Das J.K (2016).J.F.M.C plantation Centre, Bhairabkunda, R.F. Assam Times.

ID: 66598
Title: Conservation challenges in the Eastern Buffer zone of Manas National Park: A case study of Dihira proposed Reserve forest
Author: Nehar Sabnam Sarkar, Mausumi Ganguly,Rita Mahanta,Deba Kumar Dutta and Pragyan Gautam
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 991-1001 (2025)
Subject: Conservation challenges in the Eastern Buffer zone of Manas National Park: A case study of Dihira proposed Reserve forest
Keywords: Dhira proposed reserve forest ,Manas Natonal Park,Human-elephant conflict, Elephant corridors,GIS mapping, Sustainable livelihoods, Community participation, Conservation strategies, Income diversification
Abstract: This study addresses the conservation challenges in the Dhira proposed Reserve Forest (PRF), part of Eastern Buffer Zone of Manas National Park, focusing on human-elephant conflicts and the degradation of elephant corridors.
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Literature cited 1: Ahmed E. Brahma N., Lahkar B.P and Das B. (2022) Community perceptions on human wildlife coexistence around Manas National Park. In Managing human wildlife conflict. An approach to mitigation & co-existence (163-173).Indian Institute of Foret Management ,Bhopal ,India. Bezbarua A. Sarma Gand Kallis S.(2016)Status of soil properties in different buffer forest of Manas Biosphere Reserve. International Journal of Advanced Research, 5:462-471.
Literature cited 2: Das G., Selvan K.,Lahkar B. and Gopi G.V.(2022). Effectiveness of physical barriers in mitigating human-elephant negative interactions in Northeast India. Frontiers in Conservation Science,3 Article 956568. Gilliba R.A.,Kifner C.FGust P. and Loos J. (2023).Modelling elephant corridors over two decades reveals opportunities for conserving connectivity across a large, protected area network. PLoS ONE., 18:Article e0292918.

ID: 66597
Title: The recreational potential and livelihood security offered by parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India
Author: Divya Soman and V. Antha
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 982-990 (2025)
Subject: The recreational potential and livelihood security offered by parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India
Keywords: Ecotourism, Individual travel cost, consumer surplus, recreational demand
Abstract: Tourism, one of the fastest growing sectors, provides economic prosperity through its dynamic employment opportunity. The sector remains robust, ensuring the mounting number of visitors reaching their tourist destinations. Valuing the recreational potential of a protected Area aids in public policy making and decisions on the management of resources by balancing the pertinent costs and benefits. The objective of the study is to bring out the recreational value of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (PKMTR) in Kerala through individual Travel Cost Method using a structured questionnaire survey covering the socio-economic details, the number of visits and cost per visit, the time spent among the visitors to elicit sustainable management and proper location of resources. The study also highlights the livelihood security offered by the tourism sector to the resident community in PKMTR. The recreational value of PKMTR was found to be Rs 110 million/year playing a strategic role in the livelihood security of the primary stakeholders, as the tribal communities are being employed as part of the participatory Forest Management (PFM) in PKMTR. This mode of employment has aided in reducing the extractive resource dependence on the forest. Improved understanding of the recreational value of the Reserve among the various stakeholders helps in the proper maintenance of the region, which attracts more environments -sensitive visitors.
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Literature cited 1: Adili Z.Y. and Robert N.H. (2016). Economic Valuation of Recreation Use Value of Kilimanjaro National Park.Tanzania.Journal of Ecosystem and Ecography., 6(4):220 Anitha V. and Muraleedharan P.K. (2007).Economic Valuation of Ecotorurism Development of a Recreational site in the Natural Forests of Southern Western Ghats.KeralaForestResearch Institute, Kerala, India. KFRI Research Report No.288-88p.
Literature cited 2: Bekley E.M., Mourkrim A. and Benchakroun F. (2013).An economic Assessment of the Ramsar site of Massa with Travel cost and Contingent Valuation Methods. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 7 (6):441-447,10.5897/AJEST2013.1485. Bockstael N. Strand I.E, McConnel K.E. and Arsanjani F. demand functions: an application to sport fishing. Land Econ., 66:40-49

ID: 66596
Title: New Record of an arboreal snail Rhachistia bengalensis from Sankarpu reserved foret, west Bengal and its implication in small protected areas management
Author: Partha Debnath,Rana Datta and Neera Sena Sarkar
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 971-981 (2025)
Subject: New Record of an arboreal snail Rhachistia bengalensis from Sankarpu reserved foret, west Bengal and its implication in small protected areas management
Keywords: Arboreal snails, Small reserved forests, PA management, Biodiversity documentation
Abstract: This study documents the first recorded presence of an arboreal small Rhachistia bengalensis in the Sankarpur Reserved Forest, expanding its known geographical distribution. Additionally, its highlights the ecological correlates of this record and discusses its implications in the management of small, reserved forests. Most arguments favour the superiority of large Protected areas (PA over small reserves. These arguments are justified primarily on the basis of island biogeography theory, focusing on importance of sustainaing viable populations of top predators but many times outlook the evidence in favour of the importance of strategically placed smaller species in small, reserved areas which are anthropogenically altered or disturbed. In fact, small, reserved forests though with common features of large geographical expanses, are seldom evaluated for their synergistic contribution to biodiversity conservation. This study shows that small, reserved areas are prevalent features of landscapes and suggests how they should be studied and managed at multiple scales. Applying systematic conservation planning in a spatially hierarchical manner. This approach can help ensure that small. local projects contribute to global goals. With the above consideration, the present study focusses on the sudden appearance of new arboreal small in a small, reserved forest under the Nadia Murshidabad Division in West Bengal.
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Literature cited 1: Aravind N.A.Rajashekhar K.P and Madhayystha N.A. (2005).Species diversity, endemism and distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India. Rec West Aust Mus, 68:31-38. Aravind N.A. Patil R.K. and Madhyastha N.A. (2008).Micromolluscs of the Western Ghats, India: diversity, distribution and threats. Zoosymposia,1:281-294.
Literature cited 2: Aravind N.A. and Patill-Gargely B. (2018).Dicharax (?)bawal n. sp from southern India (Gastropoda:Cyclophoroidea:Alycaedae), Archiv fur Molluskerkunde,147:55-62. Armsworth P.R. Jackson H.B., Cho S.H., Clark M., Fargione J.E., lacona G.D, Kim T.,Larson E.R., Minney T. and Sulton N.A. (2018). Is conservation right to go big? Protected area size and conservation return-on-investment. Biological Conservation,225:229-236.

ID: 66595
Title: Utilization of Terai floodplain grassland communities by the wild mammals in Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, India
Author: Krishna Murari,Gautam Talukdar,Yadvendradev V, Jhala Bivash Pandav and Gopal singh Rawat
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 919-926 (2025)
Subject: Utilization of Terai floodplain grassland communities by the wild mammals in Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, India
Keywords: Association, Flood plain, Grassland, Habitat, Ivlev,Mammals, Terai, Ungulate
Abstract: Endangered grassland-obligate fauna of the Terai region exhibit strong associations with distinct grassland communities across both managed and unmanaged grasslands. An understanding of grassland-mammal associations is essential for the management of the Terai floodplain grasslands. Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) has the only relic of the Terai grassland remaining in Bihar. A total of 223 belt transects were laid on the already classified grassland communities for investigating the use of grassland communities by mammals. The Pellet groups and dung were counted in these belt transects. Ivlev's Electivity indices were computed to identify the preference of grassland vegetation community by mammals. Grasslands associations were established for Chital, hog deer, nilgai, wild pig, domestic cattle and rufous tailed hare. Chital, hog deer, and domestic cattle preferred communities of S.munja as well as Imperata-Vetiveria -Typha-S.spontaneum, indicating high niche overlap and competition. Nilgai, wild pig, and rufous -tailed hare were found to prefer degraded association of Sclerostachya fusca, the tall wet association of Typha-S.arundinaceum and dry upland association of S.munja respectively. Since grassland management in Terai is necessary for augmenting the prey population, the Protected Area Managers should consider the preference of fauna for grassland communities, while practicing the management interventions such as cutting and burning.
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Literature cited 1: Aryal A. and Yadav H.K. (2010).First cameras trap sighting of critically endangered hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Shuklapphanta Wildlife Reserve-Nepal. World Applied Sciences Journal, 9 (4):367-371. Aryal A., Brunton D., Ji, W.,Yadav H.K.,Adhikar B. and Raubenheimer D. (2012).Diet and habitat use of hispid hare Caprolgus hispidus in Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve. Nepal Mammal Study,37 (2):147-154.
Literature cited 2: Bell D. and Oliver W.L. (1992).Northern Indian tall grasslands: management and species conservation with special reference to fire In:Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management. Wiley Eastern, pp.109-123. Birdlife International (2017).Important Bird Areas factsheet:Valmiki Tiger Reserve and Saraiyaman Lake: Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/08/2017

ID: 66594
Title: Home gardens as potential roosting sites for Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius) in Assam, North-East India: Status and Distribution
Author: Deepankar Barman,Jayanta Kumar Roy, Manabendra Ray Choudhury,Pinaki Adhikary, Awadhesh Kumar, Tanveer Ahmed, Rupali Thakur and Anukul Nath
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 958-963 (2025)
Subject: Home gardens as potential roosting sites for Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius) in Assam, North-East India: Status and Distribution
Keywords: Fruit-bat, Home garden, Roost site, Assam, Human habitation
Abstract: The decline in available roosting sites are one of the major threats to the Indian flying fox in India. Present study investigates the status and diurnal roosting site characteristics of India n lying fox in Assam, north-east India. A total 16,237 (colones ranges: 45-1012) individuals of Indian flying fox were recorded from 47 roosting colonies located mostly in human dominated landscape mostly in home gardens (89%), Majority of roost (90%) ad been occupied for more than ten years. Bombax ceiba (20.54%), was the most used plants for roosting followed by Bambusa tulda and Ficus rumphil. Roosting trees had an average height of 28.8 ± 0.2 m, GBH of 1.63 ± 0.49 m and canopy cover 47.7 ± 2.3 %. Previous research on the status and distribution of the species within Assam was also reviewed. The present study concluded that human dominated landscape such as home gardens have significant contribution in conservation of bat species, if managed and protected properly.
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Literature cited 1: Ahmed T., Murugavel ,B. Sharma B. Ul-Hassan, A & Salim, M. (2025).Pterocopus medius. The ICUCN Red List of Threatened Species2024, eT18725A230958344. Ali 2007). Ecology of Indian Flying Fox. medius Brunnich ,1782 of Assam. PhD thesis submitted to Gauhati University, Assam.
Literature cited 2: Ali A. (2007). Population trend and conservation status of Indian Flying Fox P.Medius Brunnich, 1782 (Chiroptera:Pteropodidae 0in western Assam. The Ecoscan, 4.311-312. Almeida F.C., Giannini N.P. De Salie R. and Simmons N.B. (2011). Evolutionary relationships of the old-world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae). Another star phylogeny? BMC Evolutionary Biology.11:281.https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-281.

ID: 66593
Title: Year-Round avian diversity and seasonal trend at sam higginbottom university of agriculture,technology and sciences (SHUATS) campus
Author: Shivam Tiwari
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 953-957 (2025)
Subject: Year-Round avian diversity and seasonal trend at sam higginbottom university of agriculture,technology and sciences (SHUATS) campus
Keywords: Bird diversity,SHAUTS,Avian richnes, Seasonal trends, ebird,urban ecology,citizen science, migratory birds, Pragraj
Abstract: This study analyses the diversity of bird species on the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences SHAUTS) campus by analysing observation data from the author's e Bird account.
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Literature cited 1: Ajimon H.T., David B. Nandi N., Raj S., Jacob S.J. and Bharti P. (2022). Avian biodiversity in spring at SHAUTS campus. Prayagraj, India: A survey. Pharma Innovation Journal 11 (5S): 1911-1915.
Literature cited 2: eBird (2025a). Sam Higginbottom University of Agricultural Pradesh: Species List and Observations. Cornell lab of Ornithology.

ID: 66592
Title: Preliminary assessment of ecological separation among medium-sized mammals in the cantonment forest of Ranikhet, Kumaon Himalayas, India
Author: Umrah viquar and Orus Ilyas
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 946-952 (2025)
Subject: Preliminary assessment of ecological separation among medium-sized mammals in the cantonment forest of Ranikhet, Kumaon Himalayas, India
Keywords: Ecological separation, Niche, Niche breadth, Niche overlap, Ranikhet
Abstract: The study aimed to investigate the ecological separation among the medium-sized mammals in the Ranikhet region of Kumaon Himalayas, focusing on the population abundance, habitat utilization, niche overlap, and food and feeding habits. The study included five target species: yellow-throated marten, red fox, Indian crested porcupine, red giant flying squirrel, and Indian hare. A method was employed to collect data by direct and indirect sightings, plot establishment, and scat/pellet collection. A total of 138 utilized and available plots were established along six selected trails and three random trails. The trails represented two major habitats, oak-mixed and chir pine. For each plot, habitat parameters such as tree density, diversity etc., and other attributes were estimated. The total fieldwork effort was recorded to be 182 hours, covering a distance of 81.4 kilometres across all the trails. The present study provides an insight into the population abundance, habitat utilization, niche overlap and food and feeding pattern of the medium-sized mammals to assess ecological separation in the Ranikhet region. Depicts non-significant and overlapping results between the sympatric species and habitat, giving reference to investigate further.
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Literature cited 1: Abdelghany S. (2019). An INTRODUCTION TO MAMMALS. Abrams P.A. (1998). Implications of dynamically variable traits for identifying, classifying and measuring direct and indirect effects in ecological communities. The American Naturalist, 152(5):595-608. Alkon P.U and Saltz D. (1998). Foraging Time and the Northern Kerr). Journal of Biogeography, 15 (3):403-408.
Literature cited 2: Amori G. Hulterner R., Krystulek B., Yigit N., Mitsainas G. and Palomo L. (2021).Hystrix indica (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.a. T10751A197516522 Bandopadhyay M., Biswas S. and Dasgupta 2022) Patterns of coexistence between two mesocarnivores in the presence of anthropogenic disturbances in the Western Himalayas. PREPRINT (Version 2) available at Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs-1939883/v2

ID: 66591
Title: Camera trap survey in Mammalian diversity hotspot in Bonai forest division North Western Odisha, India
Author: Lalit Kumar Patra, Susanta Kumar Jena,Nimain Charan Palei, Bhakta Padarbinda Rath,Manoranjan Giri and Arun Kumar Mishra
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2025
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 151 (10) Oct 25 Pg No. 935-945 (2025)
Subject: Camera trap survey in Mammalian diversity hotspot in Bonai forest division North Western Odisha, India
Keywords: Mammalian diversity, Camera trap poto,Livestock pressure, Relative abundance index, Bonai, Odisha, India
Abstract: The mammalian diversity and abundance of Bonal forest Division, North-Western Odisha was assessed by using camera traps from 25th April 2023 to 25th December, 2023 covering an area of 404 sq.km.A total of 207 camera traps were stationed with a total sampling effort of 5150 trap days,4126 photographs of mammals belong to 20 families including 28 species, of mammals, seven species, of mammals ,seven species of birds photographs were captured in the study area.
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