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- A Wild Boar Hunting: Predation on a Bonnet Macaque by a Wild Boar in the Bandipur National Park, Southern India
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1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore 560 012, IN
1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore 560 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 106, No 9 (2014), Pagination: 1186-1187Abstract
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- Future Climate Analogues of Current Wheat Production Zones in India
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1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Benglauru - 560 012, IN
1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Benglauru - 560 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 116, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 264-271Abstract
The future of agriculture in India will be affected by substantial changes in the environment, although not uniformly across the country. These changes, as projected by the well-known General Circulation Model will grossly impact the food-cropping system. While developing adaptation strategies, it would be useful to understand the current climatic and farming regimes in similar or analogue sites, which have already experienced future conditions. The data used in this article are from a study using the Climate Analogues tool, a web-based tool developed by the Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, which uses spatial and temporal variability in climate projections for different climatic scenarios using the General Circulation Model. Sites with statistically similar climates were thus identified and mapped; these include two sites from four different agroecological regions of wheat cropping in India. Comparisons were made specifically for the year 2030, keeping in mind changes in agricultural techniques and mechanisms that could potentially occur over a span of one and a half decades. Temperature was prioritized over other climatic variables in this study, which was conducted using the ECHAM model for the A2 scenario. A comparison of the current yields of the selected sites with those of the future analogue sites revealed the former to be at low, moderate or high risk, in accordance with the projected future climatic conditions for wheat cultivation. Most sites appeared to be at moderate risk due to temperature increase at these sites by the year 2030, and except for two sites, had significantly reduced yields.Keywords
Climate Analogue, Future Temperature, Similar Site, Wheat Production.Full Text
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- Ramesh Maheshwari (1940–2019)
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1 MedGenome Inc., Foster City, California, US
2 School of Studies in Microbiology, Vikram University, Ujjain 456 010, IN
3 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
1 MedGenome Inc., Foster City, California, US
2 School of Studies in Microbiology, Vikram University, Ujjain 456 010, IN
3 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 524-525Abstract
For the love of an organism – there could be no more apt words than these to describe the life and work Prof. Ramesh Maheshwari, who passed away in Bengaluru on 30 March 2019 at 79 years of age, leaving behind his wife, son, daughter- in-law, and a host of students, disciples, colleagues and friends, all of whom knew him both professionally and personally, and who will truly mourn this loss. He was a mentor, teacher and friend to many, and an endless source of inspiration to some of us, even today.Full Text
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- Chronic Extraction of Forest Resources is Threatening a Unique Wildlife Habitat of The Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Northeastern India
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1 Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati 781 001, IN
1 Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati 781 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 119, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 1042-1045Abstract
This study examines the extent and nature of harvest of non-timber forest products (NTFP) by local human communities residing adjacent to the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in the Upper Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, northeastern India. The harvest of NTFP was monitored at 15 entry points to the sanctuary over a period of 41 days. Dry timber was the most dominant form of NTFP collected and the most preferred firewood species was Vatica lanceaefolia, a critically endangered tree species. About 25% of the harvested NTFP were food plants for the six primate species of the sanctuary. Highlighting the threats posed by this chronic extraction of NTFP to the vegetation and unique primate assemblage of the sanctuary, we recommend measures to check the unsustainable extraction of natural resources from this shrinking, and now highly threatened, forest patch.Keywords
Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Non-Timber Forest Products, Primates, Sustainability, Vatica lanceae-folia.Full Text
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1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
2 University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, IN
1 National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
2 University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1396-1398Abstract
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