Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

T Newbold, LN Hudson, SLL Hill, S Contu, I Lysenko… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

Taxonomic review of the Asian Horned Frogs (Amphibia: Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt) of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva …

S Mahony, RG Kamei, EC Teeling… - Journal of Natural …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Megophrys parva is currently considered to be among the most widely dispersed species
within the genus, however, recent studies have provided compelling evidence that this …

A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Manipur State, northeast India, with a critical review highlighting extensive errors in literature …

S Mahony, RG Kamei - Journal of Natural History, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described from Tamenglong District in
northwestern Manipur State, northeast India. The new species is diagnosed from other …

[PDF][PDF] Three new species of horned frogs, Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from northeast India, with a resolution to the identity of Megophrys boettgeri …

S Mahony, EC Teeling, SD Biju - Zootaxa, 2013 - researchgate.net
Northeast India is a well-established region of biological importance but remains poorly
understood with regards to the species level identifications of many of its extant amphibians …

[PDF][PDF] A new low altitude species of Megophrys Kuhl and van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from Assam, Northeast India

S Mahony, S Sengupta, RG Kamei, SD Biju - Zootaxa, 2011 - researchgate.net
Northeast Indian amphibian systematics and taxonomy is receiving increasing interest from
herpetologists in recent years as remote, previously unexplored areas become more …

Entomophily, ornithophily and anemochory in the self-incompatible Boswellia ovalifoliolata Bal. & Henry (Burseraceae), an endemic and endangered medicinally …

AJS Raju, PV Lakshmi, KV Ramana… - Journal of Threatened …, 2012 - threatenedtaxa.org
Boswellia ovalifoliolata (Burseraceae) is a narrow endemic and endangered deciduous tree
species. Its flowering, fruiting and seed dispersal events occur in a leafless state during the …

[PDF][PDF] Amphibians of Punakha-Wangdue Phodrang Valley, Bhutan

JT Wangyal, DB Gurung - Frog leg, 2012 - zoosprint.org
Amphibians were the first vertebrates to have colonized the land about 220 million years
ago (Daniels 2005). They are grouped under three orders, namely Caudata (tailed) …

Habitat preference and diversity of Anuran in Durgapur, an industrial city of West Bengal, India

S Dutta, SK Mukhopadhyay - Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2013 - Springer
Anuran diversity study was conducted for one year between June 2008 and August 2009 at
Durgapur, an industrial city of West Bengal, India. Nine species under four families of the …

Spatially Explicit Capture-recapture Based Assessment for Estimation of Population and Density of an Endemic Himalayan Stream Frog (Amolops Formosus): Field …

S Chaudhary, S Lyngdoh - Journal of Herpetology, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Amolops formosus, Assam Cascade Frogs, can act as key indicators of stream
health because they are a rare endemic species of the Himalayas associated with riparian …

[PDF][PDF] A Streptomyces sindenensis strain LS1-128 exhibiting broad spectrum antimicrobial activity

D Ningthoujam, S Sanasam, S Nimaichand - Res J Biol Sci, 2009 - researchgate.net
A Streptomyces sp. LS1-128 (closely related to S. sindenensis) isolated from the sediments
of Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Eastern India, shows broad spectrum …