Sustaining biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes in the Western Ghats: remnant forests matter

MO Anand, J Krishnaswamy, A Kumar, A Bali - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Human-modified tropical landscapes under semi-natural or agro-ecosystems often harbor
biodiversity of significant conservation value. In the Western Ghats of India, these …

Mapping and assessment of vegetation types in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats using multispectral Sentinel-2 and SAR Sentinel-1 satellite imagery

JJ Erinjery, M Singh, R Kent - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Detailed mapping and regular monitoring of tropical rainforests is important for conservation
and management of highly fragmented tropical rainforest habitats and biodiversity. Several …

Assessing habitat fragmentation effects on primates: the importance of evaluating questions at the correct scale

V Arroyo-Rodríguez, EC Moral, S Mandujano… - Primates in fragments …, 2013 - Springer
Forest-dwelling mammals such as primates could be particularly vulnerable to habitat
fragmentation; however, the definition and quantification of fragmentation have varied …

Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) Ranging and Habitat Use in Continuous and Fragmented Forest: Higher Density but Lower Viability in Fragments?

MT Irwin - Biotropica, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms through which forest fragmentation threatens the survival of mammal
populations remain poorly known, yet knowledge of this process would greatly aid …

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 …

The influence of differing hunting practices on the relative abundance of mammals in two rainforest areas of the Western Ghats, India

HN Kumara, M Singh - Oryx, 2004 - cambridge.org
We assessed the distribution and relative abundance of mammals in two rainforest areas,
Brahmagiri-Makut and Sirsi-Honnavara, of the Western Ghats, southern India, from …

[PDF][PDF] Rainforest restoration and wildlife conservation on private lands in the Western Ghats

D Mudappa, TRS Raman, G Shahabuddin… - Making conservation …, 2007 - researchgate.net
The rapid loss of tropical forest has been a matter of global concern. Between 1981 and
1990, about 150 million hectares of tropical forest (9% of the world's tropical forest area) …

Dietary adaptations of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in limestone forests in Southwest China

Z Huang, C Huang, C Tang, L Huang… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Limestone hills are an unusual habitat for primates, prompting them to evolve specific
behavioral adaptations to the component karst habitat. From September 2012 to August …

Changing ecologies, shifting behaviours: Behavioural responses of a rainforest primate, the lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus, to a matrix of anthropogenic …

AK Dhawale, MA Kumar, A Sinha - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
With the uncontrolled expansion of anthropogenic modifications of the environment, wildlife
species are forced to interact with humans, often leading to conflict situations that have …

Mammal persistence and abundance in tropical rainforest remnants in the southern Western Ghats, India

H Sridhar, TRS Raman, D Mudappa - Current Science, 2008 - JSTOR
Occurrence and abundance of mammals were compared in five large protected rainforest
patches inside the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and in four smaller, unprotected …