Shola habitats on sky islands: status of research on montane forests and grasslands in southern India

VV Robin, R Nandini - Current Science, 2012 - JSTOR
The Shola habitat on the high elevation sky islands of the Western Ghats in southern India is
a unique habitat. Although this habitat hosts a disproportionately high level of endemism …

Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats

HN Kumara, R Sasi, S Mahato, S Kumar, C Nag… - Biotropica, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the threats posed by changes in land‐use patterns to many species, it is necessary to
have a proper description of the distribution of a range‐limited species. We aimed to assess …

Resource partitioning and interspecific interactions among sympatric rain forest arboreal mammals of the Western Ghats, India

HS Sushma, M Singh - Behavioral Ecology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Resource partitioning in a community of diurnal arboreal mammals consisting of the lion-
tailed macaque Macaca silenus, bonnet macaque (BM) Macaca radiata, Nilgiri langur …

Delineating ecological boundaries of Hanuman langur species complex in peninsular India using MaxEnt modeling approach

N Chetan, KK Praveen, GK Vasudeva - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hanuman langur is one of the widely distributed and extensively studied non-human diurnal
primates in India. Until recently it was believed to be a single species-Semnopithecus …

Resource partitioning in sympatric langurs and macaques in tropical rainforests of the central Western Ghats, South India

M Singh, K Roy, M Singh - American Journal of Primatology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In a competitive sympatric association, coexisting species may try to reduce interspecific
interactions as well as competition for similar resources by several ecological and …

Recent studies on Indian primates show declining population trends, even in protected areas

S Hameed, T Bashir, MN Ali, M Khanyari, A Kumar - Oryx, 2024 - cambridge.org
Population size and geographical range are the key quantitative criteria used by the IUCN to
assess the conservation status of a species. However, such information is often incomplete …

Using mechanistic models to highlight research priorities for tick-borne zoonotic diseases: Improving our understanding of the ecology and maintenance of Kyasanur …

RMJ Hassall, SJ Burthe, SM Schäfer… - PLoS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The risk of spillover of zoonotic diseases to humans is changing in response to multiple
environmental and societal drivers, particularly in tropical regions where the burden of …

Ranging Behavior and Resource Use by Lion-Tailed Macaques (Macaca silenus) in Selectively Logged Forests

K Santhosh, HN Kumara, AD Velankar… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Physical and ecological factors such as season, rainfall, food availability, number of plant
species eaten, intergroup encounters, and degree of terrestriality influence the daily path …

Altitude and Forest Edges Influence the Density and Distribution of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus)

N Grow, S Gursky, Y Duma - American Journal of Primatology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we examine how high‐altitude ecology and anthropogenic edges relate to the
density and distribution of pygmy tarsiers. Pygmy tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus) are extremely …

Occurrence and distribution of Indian primates

KK Karanth, JD Nichols, JE Hines - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Global and regional species conservation efforts are hindered by poor distribution data and
range maps. Many Indian primates face extinction, but assessments of population status are …