DNA barcode based delineation of freshwater fishes from northern Western Ghats of India, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-018-1604-0
Abstract: DNA barcodes analyzed by using relevant techniques provide an imperative approach towards validation of prevailing taxa and putative species. Here, molecular methods were used for assessment of 246 barcodes belonging to 81 fish species from… read more here.
Keywords: western ghats; barcode; dna; northern western ... See more keywords
Investigation of Raindrops Fall Velocity During Different Monsoon Seasons Over the Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ea000956
Abstract: Using the Two‐Dimensional Video Disdrometer measurements, we investigated the fall velocity of raindrops at Mahabaleshwar (17.92°N, 73.6°E, ~1.4 km above mean sea level, AMSL), a tropical site on the Western Ghats of India. The analysis… read more here.
Keywords: velocity; western ghats; fall velocity; different seasons ... See more keywords
Two new species of Cololejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. from Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2019.1599600
Abstract: ABSTRACT Introduction. During a recent floristic survey of liverworts from Western Ghats, India, two interesting liverworts of genus Cololejeunea were collected from forests in Mahabaleshwar in the state of Maharashtra. Methods. After critical investigation, they… read more here.
Keywords: species cololejeunea; western ghats; two new; new species ... See more keywords
Variation in volatile constituents of Cinnamomum keralaense, endemic to the Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1244197
Abstract: Abstract Leaf essential oils (EOs) of Cinnamomum keralaense, an endemic species to Southern Western Ghats, India, were investigated. Leaves were collected from three distinct populations and hydro-distilled to obtain EOs, which were analysed by GC-FID… read more here.
Keywords: keralaense endemic; variation; western ghats; cinnamomum keralaense ... See more keywords
Contracaecum nematode parasites in hillstream loaches of the Western Ghats, India.
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DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13711
Abstract: Nematode parasites of the family Anisakidae infect definitive hosts, such as fish-eating birds and mammals, through primary intermediate hosts like copepods and secondary intermediate hosts like fishes. However, consumption of raw or undercooked fish can… read more here.
Keywords: infection; ghats india; nematode parasites; hillstream loaches ... See more keywords
Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.3.7
Abstract: Two new taxa of Impatiens viz. I. mankulamensis sp. nov. and I. panduranganii sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae), are described from the southern Western Ghats, India. Notes on description, distribution, morphological variation and conservation status accompany each… read more here.
Keywords: western ghats; two new; ghats india; new taxa ... See more keywords
Sonerila sulpheyi (Melastomataceae, Sonerileae): A new species from the Southern Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.435.1.10
Abstract: A new species of Sonerila (Melastomataceae: Sonerileae), S. sulpheyi, from the Southern Western Ghats of India is described. The branched inflorescence is the distinguishable character of this new species amongst acaulescent members of Western Ghats… read more here.
Keywords: melastomataceae sonerileae; southern western; western ghats; sulpheyi ... See more keywords
A new species of Theretra Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.2
Abstract: A new species of the genus Theretra Hubner [1819], Theretra shendurneensis sp. nov., is described from Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats, India, based on external and internal morphology, and genetic markers. The new species… read more here.
Keywords: western ghats; southern western; new species; theretra bner ... See more keywords
A new cryptic species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) with description of its tadpole from the central Western Ghats, India.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.4
Abstract: We describe a new species of night frog belonging to the genus Nyctibatrachus from the central Western Ghats, India. Nyctibatrachus tunga sp. nov. is distinguished from all congeners by a combination of (1) body size… read more here.
Keywords: new cryptic; central western; ghats india; new species ... See more keywords
Seasonal Variation in Wildlife Roadkills in Plantations and Tropical Rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India
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DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i03/619-626
Abstract: Wildlife–vehicle collisions on the roads lead to mortality of a range of animal taxa both within and around wildlife reserves. Quantifying and understanding impacts of roads on wildlife mortality are essential for identifying vulnerable taxa… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife; western ghats; anamalai; mortality ... See more keywords