Birds can be impacted by pollution but are seldom used as bioindicators. One exception
involves the Dippers Cinclus spp., a genus of five passerines adapted uniquely to swim and …

Common species often play vital roles in ecosystem functions and processes. Globally,
conservation strategies are mostly focused on threatened species and rarely explored the …

Abiotic and biotic factors drive compositional differences among local species assemblages.
Determining the influence of different drivers on beta diversity patterns can provide insights …

Context There has been a limited amount of research which comparatively examines the
local and landscape scale ecological determinants of the community structure of both …

Given that ecological knowledge of large urban river systems is extremely sparse due to
logistics and accessibility an occupancy modeling study was conducted on the resident …

Punjab is an agrarian state nurtured by the river Beas and Satluj with a maximum gross
cropped area of 98.5% in India. River Beas had been designated as “Conservation …

The construction of large-scale infrastructure projects like dams can substantially alter local
hydrological systems, prompting concerns about their impacts on river water levels and …

Abstract The Eastern Himalaya in India is known for its rich avian biodiversity, often
supported by the variation in habitat type and distribution. In this context, our study …

Heterogeneity in riverine habitats acts as a template for species evolution that influences
river communities at different spatio‐temporal scales. Although birds are conspicuous …

Explaining patterns of diversity, and abundance across sites is a central aim of community
ecology. Avian communities have been the focus of many studies on species diversity. To be …