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Deciduous forests, so called because the trees of these forests seasonally shed all their leaves, are among the most widely-represented forest types in India. They occur as sal-dominated forests in the bhabhar tract of the Himalayan foothill... |
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| List of completed projects under deciduous forests: |
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| 1. forests, farms, and flocks |
Habitat alteration affects myriad plants and animals directly as well as by disrupting the complex systems of life. As the survival of one life-form may be linked to survival of others, it becomes important to study social organizations. In this study in the Anamalai Hills and Thattekad of southern Western Ghats, we looked at effects of land-use changes on tropical forest bird communities and mixed-species bird flocks. |
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| 2. turf battles |
Livestock graze in over two-thirds of India's wildlife reserves, even outnumbering native wild herbivores at places. This ongoing study seeks to examine and answer how the intense use of wildlife reserves by livestock affects native wild herbivores. |
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| 3. uneasy neighbours |
An elephant in a crop-field, or a tiger in a cattle-pen, presents a situation that is doubly perturbing: not only are crops and cattle at risk from hungry wildlife, but so are the elephant and the tiger from angry humans. Throughout the world, conflicts between wildlife and humans undermine their mutual well-being and increasingly threaten the conservation of many wildlife species involved. |
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| 4. hornbill hotspots |
The Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, likely to impact large-bodied, wide-ranging species such as hornbills, as well as endemic species with restricted ranges and specialised requirements. In this survey along the Western Ghats, we surveyed for four hornbill species that occur here: Malabar Pied Hornbill and Indian Grey Hornbill (endemic to Indian subcontinent), Malabar Grey Hornbill (endemic to Western Ghats), and the Great Hornbill. The survey recorded all bird species, with special attention to restricted-range species across the Western Ghats. |
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