Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104951
A. Chandore, N. Malpure, S. Yadav
{"title":"Scleria multilacunosa T. Koyama and S. rugosa R. Br. (Cyperaceae): Additions to the Flora of Karnataka, India","authors":"A. Chandore, N. Malpure, S. Yadav","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104951","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"119-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68144988","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104944
D. N. Harit
{"title":"The Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis monticola (Gunther, 1864) (Reptilia: Crotalidae) in Mizoram, India, with a Note on its Peculiar Behaviour in Captivity","authors":"D. N. Harit","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104944","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"103-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68143853","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104941
Satish K. Sharma
{"title":"Night Roosting on Iron Poles by the White-Naped Tit Parus nuchalis in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India","authors":"Satish K. Sharma","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104941","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"100-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68144167","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104940
A. Choudhury
{"title":"White-Capped River-Chat Phoenicurus leucocephalus (Vigors):First Record for Jharkhand State, India","authors":"A. Choudhury","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"99-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68144243","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104924
G. Jathar, Dharmaraj Patil, Mohit Kalra, Thilina Nethmin De Silva, A. Peterson, M. Irfan-Ullah, A. Rahmani, Prachi Mehta, Jayant V. Kulkarni
The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti was discovered and described scientifically in the 1870s, but went unrecorded since 1880s until 1997; it was believed to be extinct for 113 years. Although the species was rediscovered and has now been intensively studied, the limits of its geographic distribution remain poorly known. This study related known occurrences of the species to remote-sensed environmental landscape characteristics to generate ecological niche models that helped to identify potential distributional areas. We detected the species during field surveys at one location not known previously to hold populations of the species, and identified many other possible areas of distribution for the species using our niche models.
{"title":"Mapping the Potential Distribution of the Critically Endangered Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in India","authors":"G. Jathar, Dharmaraj Patil, Mohit Kalra, Thilina Nethmin De Silva, A. Peterson, M. Irfan-Ullah, A. Rahmani, Prachi Mehta, Jayant V. Kulkarni","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104924","url":null,"abstract":"The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti was discovered and described scientifically in the 1870s, but went unrecorded since 1880s until 1997; it was believed to be extinct for 113 years. Although the species was rediscovered and has now been intensively studied, the limits of its geographic distribution remain poorly known. This study related known occurrences of the species to remote-sensed environmental landscape characteristics to generate ecological niche models that helped to identify potential distributional areas. We detected the species during field surveys at one location not known previously to hold populations of the species, and identified many other possible areas of distribution for the species using our niche models.","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"55-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141625","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104925
S. Babu, H. N. Kumara, Eluvathingal Antony Jayson
The distribution and abimdance of the Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (IGFS) Petaurista philippensis, with respect to environmental variables, were investigated along the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, a stretch of 1,582 km of forest trails and roads was sampled with spotlight searches between November 2001 and July 2004, while 127 and 133 points were sampled by the audio lure method in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively, between Jime 2005 and December 2008. Altogether, 418 individuals were recorded from 35 of the 38 forest stations sampled. The mean abundance of the IGFS was 0.187/km (± 0.234) in Karnataka, and 0.638/point (± 0.281) and 0.308/point (± 0.343) in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively. The southern distribution limit of the species in India was recorded as Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary. Overall, the mean abimdance of IGFS was higher in the rainfed, mid-altitude slopes of deciduous and evergreen forests in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Tree density, tree height, GBH (girth at breast height), canopy height and canopy cover were the key factors influencing the distribution of the species on the micro scale, while on the macro scale (home range) were the large extents of wet evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The study indicated that conservation of large trees with large trunk girth and thick canopy cover is necessary for the survival of the species in the Western Ghats.
{"title":"Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Signature of the Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis (Elliot 1839) in the Western Ghats, India","authors":"S. Babu, H. N. Kumara, Eluvathingal Antony Jayson","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104925","url":null,"abstract":"The distribution and abimdance of the Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (IGFS) Petaurista philippensis, with respect to environmental variables, were investigated along the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, a stretch of 1,582 km of forest trails and roads was sampled with spotlight searches between November 2001 and July 2004, while 127 and 133 points were sampled by the audio lure method in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively, between Jime 2005 and December 2008. Altogether, 418 individuals were recorded from 35 of the 38 forest stations sampled. The mean abundance of the IGFS was 0.187/km (± 0.234) in Karnataka, and 0.638/point (± 0.281) and 0.308/point (± 0.343) in Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively. The southern distribution limit of the species in India was recorded as Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary. Overall, the mean abimdance of IGFS was higher in the rainfed, mid-altitude slopes of deciduous and evergreen forests in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Tree density, tree height, GBH (girth at breast height), canopy height and canopy cover were the key factors influencing the distribution of the species on the micro scale, while on the macro scale (home range) were the large extents of wet evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The study indicated that conservation of large trees with large trunk girth and thick canopy cover is necessary for the survival of the species in the Western Ghats.","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"65-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141661","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104926
Manjushree Mandal, B. Biswas, S. Sekh, N. S. Sarkar
Species constituting diatom assemblages in sediments provide important information regarding the past and present environmental conditions related to soil and water physico-chemistry and also biodiversity dynamics data. This information can reveal the developmental history of the region. Diatoms are sensitive to stochastic changes in the environment, making them extremely reliable bio-indicators. The purpose of the present study was to decipher such biodiversity related information provided by the diatom assemblages from the Indian Sundarbans. Diatoms were identified in the top 50 cm layer of two sediment cores: a newly silted up deltaic landmass with mangroves in early succession stage, and an island within the Protected Area Network with mangroves in late succession stage. Fifteen diatom species, with no past records in the sediments of Indian Sundarbans were identified and described. Four species among them are sporadically mentioned in previous phytoplankton records fi-om the Sundarbans, but these are not confirmed taxonomically. This paper provides identification and nomenclatural notes on all 15 species. High abundance and species richness of the centric forms Coscinodiscus spp., Cyclotella spp., and Thalassiosira spp. at both the sites is attributed to their proximity to estuarine rivers and their regular inundation, leading to settling of planktonic forms within sediment cores. Many pennate forms, namely Amphicampa eruca, Amphora holsatica, Diploneis spp. (except Z). smithii), Epithemia turgida, Eunotiapectinalis, Giffenia cocconeiformis , and Rhaphoneis rhombus which are being reported for the first time fi-om this region have never been part of described planktonic communities in estuarine waters, validating their' soil diatom' status. Typical fi-eshwater diatoms, namely Aulacoseira granulata and Epithemia turgida, in the sediments indicate lower salinity in these areas, not much earlier than present times.
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Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104935
Pankaj Chandan, T. Mundkur, J. Takpa, P. Jamwal, I. Suhail, Tsewang Rigzin, R. Rattan
{"title":"First Breeding Record of Saker Falcon Falco cherrug milvipes in India","authors":"Pankaj Chandan, T. Mundkur, J. Takpa, P. Jamwal, I. Suhail, Tsewang Rigzin, R. Rattan","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104935","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"93-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68142840","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104943
V. Rasal
{"title":"Sap-Drinking by Birds on Tapped Indian Date Palm Phoenix sylvestris","authors":"V. Rasal","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104943","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"339 1","pages":"102-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68144043","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}
Pub Date : 2015-08-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104936
C. Menon
{"title":"White-Breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Nesting on a Tree","authors":"C. Menon","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I2/104936","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"95-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68142996","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}
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