S. Bhowmik, Lepidoptera Conservation, Sujitraj Das Chowdhury, Avifauna Conservation
The authors have surveyed different habitats in and around the Unakoti Archaeological Site and documented a total of 216 species classified under 6 families, 23 subfamilies and 126 genera of the order Lepidoptera. The study was conducted from 2016 to 2020, covering different seasons namely pre-monsoon (Jan-Apr), monsoon (May-Aug) and post-monsoon (Sep-Dec) respectively. The study reports 2 species under schedule I, 25 species under schedule II, and 5 species under schedule IV of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. This study also documented seasonal diversity and habitat-wise occurrence of butterflies in and around the Unakoti Archaeological Site. During the study, 59 butterfly species were recorded as new additions to the butterfly fauna of Tripura. High-quality photographs of all the butterfly species documented during the study have been included in this paper.
{"title":"Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in and around the Unakoti Archaeological Site with 59 new additions to the Butterfly Fauna of Tripura, North-eastern India","authors":"S. Bhowmik, Lepidoptera Conservation, Sujitraj Das Chowdhury, Avifauna Conservation","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.ndzf2600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.ndzf2600","url":null,"abstract":"The authors have surveyed different habitats in and around the Unakoti Archaeological Site and documented a total of 216 species classified under 6 families, 23 subfamilies and 126 genera of the order Lepidoptera. The study was conducted from 2016 to 2020, covering different seasons namely pre-monsoon (Jan-Apr), monsoon (May-Aug) and post-monsoon (Sep-Dec) respectively. The study reports 2 species under schedule I, 25 species under schedule II, and 5 species under schedule IV of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. This study also documented seasonal diversity and habitat-wise occurrence of butterflies in and around the Unakoti Archaeological Site. During the study, 59 butterfly species were recorded as new additions to the butterfly fauna of Tripura. High-quality photographs of all the butterfly species documented during the study have been included in this paper.","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70617712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wildlife Trade in 2021: Still start with the consumer","authors":"M. Owen, J. Glikman","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.neae1423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.neae1423","url":null,"abstract":"EDITORIAL","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70617842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This report includes data on rare plant species of steppe and forest-steppe pine forests. We have identified the proportion of rare species that live in the studied forests for the regions where they are located, and for Russia as a whole. We have identified regional species found only in pine forests. The article shows that pine forests play an important role in the conservation of forest (boreal, boreonemoral, nemoral and boreonemoral forest-steppe) species and in the conservation of regional phytodiversity.
{"title":"Steppe and forest-steppe pine forests as refugiums in the conservation of rare and unique plant species","authors":"N. Kin, P. V. Velmovskiy","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.xemo5031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.xemo5031","url":null,"abstract":"This report includes data on rare plant species of steppe and forest-steppe pine forests. We have identified the proportion of rare species that live in the studied forests for the regions where they are located, and for Russia as a whole. We have identified regional species found only in pine forests. The article shows that pine forests play an important role in the conservation of forest (boreal, boreonemoral, nemoral and boreonemoral forest-steppe) species and in the conservation of regional phytodiversity.","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70618376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Based on a yearlong random floristic survey on various locations, a checklist of the phytoplankton flora in the foot hill belt of Arunachal Himalayas was compiled. The current list contains 116 phytoplankton taxa representing 6 algal phyla, 35 families and 55 genera which were more than the results of all previous survey. With 34 taxa, Chlorophyta was the richest phylum followed by Charophyta (31), Bacillariophyta (27), Euglenozoa (14), Cyanobacteria (6) and Ochrophyta (4) respectively. Among the families, Desmidiaceae was the most species rich one with 19 species. Closterium and Cosmarium were the dominant genera with 11 species each. A total of 90 phytoplankton species were reported for the first time from foot hill belt of Arunachal Himalayas.
{"title":"Checklist of phytoplankton of the foot hill belt of Arunachal Himalayas","authors":"Soumin Nath, P. P. Baruah","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.ygse3373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.ygse3373","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a yearlong random floristic survey on various locations, a checklist of the phytoplankton flora in the foot hill belt of Arunachal Himalayas was compiled. The current list contains 116 phytoplankton taxa representing 6 algal phyla, 35 families and 55 genera which were more than the results of all previous survey. With 34 taxa, Chlorophyta was the richest phylum followed by Charophyta (31), Bacillariophyta (27), Euglenozoa (14), Cyanobacteria (6) and Ochrophyta (4) respectively. Among the families, Desmidiaceae was the most species rich one with 19 species. Closterium and Cosmarium were the dominant genera with 11 species each. A total of 90 phytoplankton species were reported for the first time from foot hill belt of Arunachal Himalayas.","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70618566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Indian python Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the world’s giant snakes with maximum lengths measured six to eight meters. Nevertheless, information on the size at maturity of P. molurus is not available. On February 9, 2019, 12:56 pm, one female and two males were observed during the group mating in Moyar River Valley Landscape, Southern India. We report the first observation on smallest male measuring 198 cm total length, 172 cm snoutvent length and weighing 3.3.kg mated with a radio-tagged larger female. At the end of the mating event everted hemi penis were observed in the male pythons. Our observation on the mating and morphology details of P. molurus gives the first glimpse of juvenile the male maturity that representing the youngest known free-ranging matured male of this poorly studied species in its distribution range.
{"title":"Size Matters: First record of minimum male size at maturity and mating of free-ranging, endangered Indian Python Python molurus","authors":"S. Vishnu, C. Ramesh, V. Thirumurugan, C. Sathish","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.aqoe1932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.aqoe1932","url":null,"abstract":"Indian python Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the world’s giant snakes with maximum lengths measured six to eight meters. Nevertheless, information on the size at maturity of P. molurus is not available. On February 9, 2019, 12:56 pm, one female and two males were observed during the group mating in Moyar River Valley Landscape, Southern India. We report the first observation on smallest male measuring 198 cm total length, 172 cm snoutvent length and weighing 3.3.kg mated with a radio-tagged larger female. At the end of the mating event everted hemi penis were observed in the male pythons. Our observation on the mating and morphology details of P. molurus gives the first glimpse of juvenile the male maturity that representing the youngest known free-ranging matured male of this poorly studied species in its distribution range.","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70617419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conservation of the tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) ecosystem through enhancement of natural enemies of pests","authors":"B. Deka, A. Babu, C. Baruah, S. Sarkar, D. Sharma","doi":"10.53562/ajcb.en00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.en00018","url":null,"abstract":"Editorial","PeriodicalId":37396,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Conservation Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70617453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}