A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia

Robinson, Mary Ann

doi:10.1108/rr-08-2016-0210

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“…In addition, immature stages of moths were also collected and reared in the laboratory (Image 330) to confirm the species. The moths collected were photographed and subsequently identified using the reference collection at Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) and available literature including Hampson (1892-1896), Bell & Scott (1937), Zimmerman (1978), Barlow (1982), Holloway (1983Holloway ( -2011, Robinson et al (1994), Kendrick (2002), Solovyev & Witt (2009), Mathew (2010), Irungbam et al (2017, Sondhi et al (2018), andSubhalaxmi (2018). Classification of moths at higher taxonomic levels was done based on Van Nieukerken et al (2011), and for nomenclature aspects at species and genus levels, LEPINDEX (Beccaloni et al 2003) was consulted.…”

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A report on the moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) diversity of Kavvai River basin in Kerala, India

Soumya

Sajeev

2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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In the present paper, we report the presence of 503 species of moths (343 identified to species, 160 identified to genus) that belong to 371 genera under 42 families. The study was conducted at Kavvai River basin, northern Kerala, India for three years from 2015 to 2017. Traditional light trapping method was employed to collect the moths during the night. Among the families reported, Erebidae was the most dominant family followed by Crambidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, and Pyraliade. The study highlights the significance of the riverbasin in conserving rich diversity of invertebrates.

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A report on the moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) diversity of Kavvai River basin in Kerala, India

Soumya

Sajeev

2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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“…Because the similarity matrices of community structure among habitat types from the breeding and nonbreeding seasons were highly correlated (Mantel test: point-counts, r = 0.81, P = 0.002; mist-nets, r = 0.92, P = 0.001), we combined data for the two seasons. Data on forest interior species and insectivores were extracted from Yang et al (1995), MacKinnon and Phillipps (2000), Robson (2000), and Yang and Yang (2004). Forest interior species were those reported to mainly occupy interior forests.…”

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Conservation value of human-modified forests for birds in mountainous regions of south-west China

Liu

Fang

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Bird Conservation International

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SummaryMountain systems are often recognised as biodiversity hotspots; however, most montane forests are human-modified. Understanding the conservation value of human-modified forests is essential to mountain biodiversity conservation. In this study, mist-nets and point-counts were used to compare the bird communities of primary forests on ridges in the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan, China, and secondary forests, firewood forests, and pine plantations in nearby lower elevation zones. We found that community turnover among habitats was very high using both methods. Although the percentage of forest interior species and insectivores in each habitat was higher in the primary forests than in the human-modified forests, relatively high percentages of forest interior species and insectivores were recorded in the human-modified forests. Moreover, many bird species, forest interior species, insectivores and babblers were only recorded in the human-modified forests. Our study indicated that the primary forests are important for sustaining mountain bird diversity. However, given that primary forests are restricted to ridges, secondary forests, firewood forests, and pine plantations at lower elevations also play important roles in bird conservation in mountainous regions by increasing landscape diversity and partially offsetting species loss from primary forests. Therefore, conservation efforts should also be concentrated on human-modified forests at lower elevations in mountainous regions in south-west China.

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“…While there is a strong relationship between geographic range size and extinction risk (Figure 2), we did not include geographic range size in our analyses to avoid potential circularity with a species' IUCN threat status. Most of the data were extracted from a global dataset of avian ecological traits (Table 1; seeŞekercioglu et al, 2004, 2019 for more details of these methods and a description of this dataset) which compiled information from the literature, including ornithological books (e.g., Del Hoyo et al, 1992Kennedy et al, 2000), BirdLife International (2021), and field guides (e.g., Robson, 2000). Handwing index (HWI) data were taken from Sheard et al (2020).…”

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Biological Correlates of Extinction Risk in Resident Philippine Avifauna

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The majority of the world’s biodiversity occurs in the tropics, but human actions in these regions have precipitated an extinction crisis due to habitat degradation, overexploitation, and climate change. Understanding which ecological, biogeographical, and life-history traits predict extinction risk is critical for conserving species. The Philippines is a hotspot of biodiversity and endemism, but it is a region that also suffers from an extremely high level of deforestation, habitat degradation, and wildlife exploitation. We investigated the biological correlates of extinction risk based on the IUCN Red List threat status among resident Philippine birds using a broad range of ecological, biogeographical, and life history traits previously identified as correlates of extinction risk in birds. We found strong support across competing models for endemism, narrower elevational ranges, high forest dependency, and larger body size as correlates significantly associated with extinction risk. Additionally, we compared observed threat status with threat status fitted by our model, finding fourteen species that are not currently recognized by the IUCN Red List as threatened that may be more threatened than currently believed and therefore warrant heightened conservation focus, and predicted threat statuses for the four Philippine Data Deficient bird species. We also assessed species described in recent taxonomic splits that are recognized by BirdLife International, finding 12 species that have a fitted threat status more severe than their IUCN-designated ones. Our findings provide a framework for avian conservation efforts to identify birds with specific biological correlates that increase a species’ vulnerability to extinction both in the Philippine Archipelago and elsewhere on other tropical islands.

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A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia

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A report on the moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) diversity of Kavvai River basin in Kerala, India

A report on the moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) diversity of Kavvai River basin in Kerala, India

Conservation value of human-modified forests for birds in mountainous regions of south-west China

Biological Correlates of Extinction Risk in Resident Philippine Avifauna

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