Issue 8-9/2019
Special Issue: Biodiversity and Climate Change - An Indian Perspective
Content (26 Articles)
Recent advances in biodiversity and climate change studies in India
Mukunda Dev Behera, Soumit Kumar Behera, Subrat Sharma
Microclimatic variations and their effects on photosynthetic efficiencies and lichen species distribution along elevational gradients in Garhwal Himalayas
Nayan Sahu, Shiv Naresh Singh, Pragya Singh, Shruti Mishra, Neha Karakoti, Rajesh Bajpai, Soumit K. Behera, Sanjeeva Nayaka, D. K. Upreti
Functional diversity along elevational gradients in the high altitude vegetation of the western Himalaya
Dinesh Thakur, Amit Chawla
Himalayan arc and treeline: distribution, climate change responses and ecosystem properties
S. P. Singh, Subrat Sharma, P. P. Dhyani
Can the forest cover in India withstand large climate alterations?
P. Das, M. D. Behera
Pattern of distribution of angiosperm plant richness along latitudinal and longitudinal gradients of India
Mukunda Dev Behera, Parth Sarathi Roy
Plant invasion correlation with climate anomaly: an Indian retrospect
Poonam Tripathi, Mukunda Dev Behera, Partha Sarathi Roy
Understanding the Indian mainland–island biogeography through plant dispersal mechanism
Swapna Mahanand, Mukunda Dev Behera
Plant richness pattern in an elevation gradient in the Eastern Himalaya
Narpati Sharma, Mukunda Dev Behera, Abhaya Prasad Das, Rajendra Mohan Panda
Modeling net primary productivity of tropical deciduous forests in North India using bio-geochemical model
Soumit Kumar Behera, Poonam Tripathi, Mukunda Dev Behera, Rakesh Tuli
Integration of eddy covariance and process-based model for the intra-annual variability of carbon fluxes in an Indian tropical forest
Nithin D. Pillai, Subrata Nandy, N. R. Patel, Ritika Srinet, Taibanganba Watham, Prakash Chauhan
Spatial distribution of mangrove forest species and biomass assessment using field inventory and earth observation hyperspectral data
Prem Chandra Pandey, Akash Anand, Prashant K. Srivastava
Assessing vulnerability of forest ecosystem in the Indian Western Himalayan region using trends of net primary productivity
Manoj Kumar, Savita, Hukum Singh, Rajiv Pandey, M. P. Singh, N. H. Ravindranath, Naveen Kalra
Deciphering plant richness using satellite remote sensing: a study from three biodiversity hotspots
V. S. Chitale, M. D. Behera, P. S. Roy
Earth observation data for assessing biodiversity conservation priorities in South Asia
C. Sudhakar Reddy, V. S. Faseela, Anjaly Unnikrishnan, C. S. Jha
Spatial patterns of plant functional types and environmental proxies of plant richness in alpine region of Western Himalaya, India
Hitendra Padalia, Aimon Bushra, Gajendra Singh, Subrata Nandy, Ishwari Datt Rai, Gopal S. Rawat
Assessing harmony in distribution patterns of plant invasions: a case study of two invasive alien species in India
Rajendra Mohan Panda, Mukunda Dev Behera
How will forest fires impact the distribution of endemic plants in the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot?
Vishwas Chitale, Mukunda Dev Behera
Assessing the vulnerability of Oak (Quercus) forest ecosystems under projected climate and land use land cover changes in Western Himalaya
Pooja Rathore, Arijit Roy, Harish Karnatak
Modelling Betula utilis distribution in response to climate-warming scenarios in Hindu-Kush Himalaya using random forest
Jakesh Mohapatra, Chandra Prakash Singh, Maroof Hamid, Anirudh Verma, Sudeep Chandra Semwal, Bandan Gajmer, Anzar A. Khuroo, Amit Kumar, Mohan C. Nautiyal, Narpati Sharma, Himanshu A. Pandya
Predicting invasion potential and niche dynamics of Parthenium hysterophorus (Congress grass) in India under projected climate change
Rameez Ahmad, Anzar A. Khuroo, Maroof Hamid, Bipin Charles, Irfan Rashid
Impact of climate change on the distribution range and niche dynamics of Himalayan birch, a typical treeline species in Himalayas
Maroof Hamid, Anzar A. Khuroo, Bipin Charles, Rameez Ahmad, C. P. Singh, N. A. Aravind
Rapid assessment of biodiversity using acoustic indices
Sajeev C. Rajan, K. Athira, R. Jaishanker, N. P. Sooraj, V. Sarojkumar
Chiropteran diversity and the key determinants of their distribution in Eastern Ghats, India
Subrat Debata, Rajendra Mohan Panda, Sharat Kumar Palita
Soil microbiome: a key player for conservation of soil health under changing climate
Anamika Dubey, Muneer Ahmad Malla, Farhat Khan, Kanika Chowdhary, Shweta Yadav, Ashwani Kumar, Satyawati Sharma, Pramod K. Khare, Mohammad Latif Khan
Environmental stresses in Himalayan medicinal plants: research needs and future priorities
Veena Pandey, Indra D. Bhatt, Shyamal K. Nandi