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v6i1.120ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v6i1.120
Submitted date: 10 September 2012
Accepted date: 25 February 2013
Published date: 29 June 2014
Pp. 1–6, Pl. 1.
POPULATION DENSITY AND BIOMASS OF THE WILD PREY SPECIES IN A TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST, CENTRAL INDIA
Kannadasan Narasimmarajan*, Subhasis Mahato & Abinash Parida
*Corresponding author. E-mail: wildlife9protect@gmail.com
Abstract
For proper management of a wildlife reserve, it is essential to estimate density and biomass of herbivores that in turn determine the density of carnivores. We estimated the population density and biomass of three ungulates and two other species in the Melghat Tiger Reserve, Central India. The study was conducted from September 2010 to April 2011. We used distance sampling to estimate the population density of wild prey species. The 225km2 intensive study area was found to have high prey species density (69.5±8.3 individuals/km2), with gray langur being the abundant prey species (42.9±7.2 individuals/km2), followed by sambar (10.5±3.5 individuals/km2), gaur (5.8±1.7 individuals/km2), barking deer (2.7±0.3 individuals/km2), and peafowl (7.6±0.6 individuals/km2). When the density figures were multiplied by the average weight of each prey species, biomass of 6501.8 kg/km2 was obtained.
Key words : Abundance; Anthropogenic; Carnivore; Gugamal National Park; Melghat Tiger Reserve
Section Editor: Lee E. Harding
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v6i1.120
Submitted date: 10 September 2012
Accepted date: 25 February 2013
Published date: 29 June 2014
Pp. 1–6, Pl. 1.
POPULATION DENSITY AND BIOMASS OF THE WILD PREY SPECIES IN A TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST, CENTRAL INDIA
Kannadasan Narasimmarajan*, Subhasis Mahato & Abinash Parida
*Corresponding author. E-mail: wildlife9protect@gmail.com
Abstract
For proper management of a wildlife reserve, it is essential to estimate density and biomass of herbivores that in turn determine the density of carnivores. We estimated the population density and biomass of three ungulates and two other species in the Melghat Tiger Reserve, Central India. The study was conducted from September 2010 to April 2011. We used distance sampling to estimate the population density of wild prey species. The 225km2 intensive study area was found to have high prey species density (69.5±8.3 individuals/km2), with gray langur being the abundant prey species (42.9±7.2 individuals/km2), followed by sambar (10.5±3.5 individuals/km2), gaur (5.8±1.7 individuals/km2), barking deer (2.7±0.3 individuals/km2), and peafowl (7.6±0.6 individuals/km2). When the density figures were multiplied by the average weight of each prey species, biomass of 6501.8 kg/km2 was obtained.
Key words : Abundance; Anthropogenic; Carnivore; Gugamal National Park; Melghat Tiger Reserve
Section Editor: Lee E. Harding
v7i3.182ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
Alfred Russel Wallace Centenary Issue
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i3.182
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Wallacea
Organised by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences
Wakatobi - Indonesia (10–13 November 2013)
J. Supriatna, A.A.T. Amarasinghe, and C. Margules (Editors)
Published date: 30 July 2015
Pp. I–IX.
THE TERNATE OF ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Sangkot Marzuki* & Syamsir Andili
*Corresponding author. E-mail: sangkot.marzuki@gmail.com
Abstract
The island-city of Ternate, the original spice island of the Moluccas archipelago in today’s Indonesia, has a special place in the life story of Alfred Russel Wallace. It was from here he sent out his two legendary scientific publications that established him as co-founder of the theory of evolution with Charles Darwin, and as father of biogeography. What was Ternate like in the second half of the 19th century? Where did Wallace reside during his time there? And what did his house look like? This report documents the results of our enquiry into these questions and proposes that his house be reconstructed and used as a local Alfred Russel Wallace and the Wallacea museum.
Key words : Science history, Indonesian archipelago, evolution, Wallace Line, Wallacea
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
Alfred Russel Wallace Centenary Issue
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i3.182
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Wallacea
Organised by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences
Wakatobi - Indonesia (10–13 November 2013)
J. Supriatna, A.A.T. Amarasinghe, and C. Margules (Editors)
Published date: 30 July 2015
Pp. I–IX.
THE TERNATE OF ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Sangkot Marzuki* & Syamsir Andili
*Corresponding author. E-mail: sangkot.marzuki@gmail.com
Abstract
The island-city of Ternate, the original spice island of the Moluccas archipelago in today’s Indonesia, has a special place in the life story of Alfred Russel Wallace. It was from here he sent out his two legendary scientific publications that established him as co-founder of the theory of evolution with Charles Darwin, and as father of biogeography. What was Ternate like in the second half of the 19th century? Where did Wallace reside during his time there? And what did his house look like? This report documents the results of our enquiry into these questions and proposes that his house be reconstructed and used as a local Alfred Russel Wallace and the Wallacea museum.
Key words : Science history, Indonesian archipelago, evolution, Wallace Line, Wallacea
v7i2.181ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.181
Submitted date: 8 December 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 118–119.
Tylophora rotundifolia (Asclepiadaceae) in Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India
S.K. Sharma*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: sksharma56@gmail.com
Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary (74°25'-74°40E and 24°04'-24°23'N), is situated in the Chittorhgarh and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan, India. It covers an area of 423 km2. According to Champion and Seth (1968), the forest of the sanctuary is tropical deciduous, dominated by Sagwan (Tectona grandis L.f.), Mahuwa (Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel.), Charoli (Buchanania lanzan Spreng.), Sadar (Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.) , Kohda (Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.), Baheda (Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.), Timru (Diospyros melanoxylon Willd.), Rohan (Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss.), Belpatra (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa), Salar (Boswellia serrata Roxb.), Aam (Mangifera indica L.), Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.), Haldu (Adina cordifolia[i] (Roxb.) Brandis), Bargad ([i]Ficus benghalensis L.), Dhawada (Anogeissus latifoliai (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guillem. & Perr.) etc.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.181
Submitted date: 8 December 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 118–119.
Tylophora rotundifolia (Asclepiadaceae) in Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India
S.K. Sharma*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: sksharma56@gmail.com
Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary (74°25'-74°40E and 24°04'-24°23'N), is situated in the Chittorhgarh and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan, India. It covers an area of 423 km2. According to Champion and Seth (1968), the forest of the sanctuary is tropical deciduous, dominated by Sagwan (Tectona grandis L.f.), Mahuwa (Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel.), Charoli (Buchanania lanzan Spreng.), Sadar (Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.) , Kohda (Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.), Baheda (Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.), Timru (Diospyros melanoxylon Willd.), Rohan (Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss.), Belpatra (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa), Salar (Boswellia serrata Roxb.), Aam (Mangifera indica L.), Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.), Haldu (Adina cordifolia[i] (Roxb.) Brandis), Bargad ([i]Ficus benghalensis L.), Dhawada (Anogeissus latifoliai (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guillem. & Perr.) etc.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
v7i2.180ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.180
Submitted date: 2 November 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 114–117.
On the occurrence of Memecylon capitellatum (Memecylaceae) in India
R. Kottaimuthu*, N. Vasudevan & A. Saravanan
*Corresponding author. E-mail: kottaimuthu@yahoo.co.in
The paleotropical genus Memecylon L. (Memecylaceae DC. or Melastomataceae Juss. subfam. Olisbeoideae Burnett) has about 150–300 species. It is mainly distributed from tropical Africa, Madagascar, southeastern Asia and northern Australia to the Fiji Islands. In India, it is represented by about 32 species, of which 13 are endemic to Western and Eastern Ghats of southern India. Various workers have added 23 additional species for India either as new species or as new records.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.180
Submitted date: 2 November 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 114–117.
On the occurrence of Memecylon capitellatum (Memecylaceae) in India
R. Kottaimuthu*, N. Vasudevan & A. Saravanan
*Corresponding author. E-mail: kottaimuthu@yahoo.co.in
The paleotropical genus Memecylon L. (Memecylaceae DC. or Melastomataceae Juss. subfam. Olisbeoideae Burnett) has about 150–300 species. It is mainly distributed from tropical Africa, Madagascar, southeastern Asia and northern Australia to the Fiji Islands. In India, it is represented by about 32 species, of which 13 are endemic to Western and Eastern Ghats of southern India. Various workers have added 23 additional species for India either as new species or as new records.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
v7i2.179ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.179
Submitted date: 16 October 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 111–113, Pl. 12.
A new location for Hubbardia heptaneuron (Poaceae)
R. Kr. Singh* & A. Garg
*Corresponding author. E-mail: rksbsiadsingh@yahoo.co.in
Presumed to have become extinct, the pendulous annual grass, Hubbardia heptaneuron Bor, became the subject of immense botanical interest due to its unusual habitat preference. Hubbardia Bor with a single species, H. heptaneuron, was described by N.L. Bor (1951) on the basis of two specimens sent to him through Rev. H. Santapau (1903–1970). These specimens were actually collected in 1919 by L.J. Sedgwick (1883–1925) from Jog Falls, then known as Gersoppa Falls. Initially placed under tribe Isachneae Benth. by Bor, the extremely habitat and morphological characters of the new genus entirely differentiated this remarkable species from all other grasses of the world. This led to the establishment of a monogeneric tribe, Hubbardieae C.E. Hubb. Hubbardia heptaneuron was thought to have been rediscovered in 2002 on the basis of a 2000 S.R. Yadav collections from Tillari Ghat, Kolhapur District in Maharashtra.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v7i2.179
Submitted date: 16 October 2014
Accepted date: 8 January 2015
Published date: 20 February 2015
Pp. 111–113, Pl. 12.
A new location for Hubbardia heptaneuron (Poaceae)
R. Kr. Singh* & A. Garg
*Corresponding author. E-mail: rksbsiadsingh@yahoo.co.in
Presumed to have become extinct, the pendulous annual grass, Hubbardia heptaneuron Bor, became the subject of immense botanical interest due to its unusual habitat preference. Hubbardia Bor with a single species, H. heptaneuron, was described by N.L. Bor (1951) on the basis of two specimens sent to him through Rev. H. Santapau (1903–1970). These specimens were actually collected in 1919 by L.J. Sedgwick (1883–1925) from Jog Falls, then known as Gersoppa Falls. Initially placed under tribe Isachneae Benth. by Bor, the extremely habitat and morphological characters of the new genus entirely differentiated this remarkable species from all other grasses of the world. This led to the establishment of a monogeneric tribe, Hubbardieae C.E. Hubb. Hubbardia heptaneuron was thought to have been rediscovered in 2002 on the basis of a 2000 S.R. Yadav collections from Tillari Ghat, Kolhapur District in Maharashtra.
Section Editor: James L. Reveal
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