Behavioural Responses of Lion-Tailed Macaques (Macaca silenus) to a Changing Habitat in a Tropical Rain Forest Fragment in the Western Ghats, India

2001 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 278-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mewa Singh ◽  
H.N. Kumara ◽  
M. Ananda Kumar ◽  
A.K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Macaca Silenus ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
The Western Ghats

Plant Community Structure in Tropical Rain Forest Fragments of the Western Ghats, India1

Biotropica ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Muthuramkumar ◽  
N. Ayyappan ◽  
N. Parthasarathy ◽  
Divya Mudappa ◽  
T. R. Shankar Raman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Plant Community Structure ◽  
The Western Ghats

Multiple facets of rarity among rain forest trees in the Western Ghats of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
Priya Davidar ◽  
François Munoz ◽  
Jean-Philippe Puyravaud ◽  
D. Mohandass ◽  
V.S. Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Forest Trees ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats

Butterfly behavioural responses to natural Bornean tropical rain-forest canopy gaps

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Pryke ◽  
Sven M. Vrdoljak ◽  
Paul B. C. Grant ◽  
Michael J. Samways
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Canopy Gaps ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Canopy Openness ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Light Heterogeneity ◽  
Closed Canopy

Abstract:Natural tree canopy gaps allow sunlight to penetrate to the forest floor, a major environmental component and resource for many tropical rain-forest species. We compare here how butterflies use sunny areas created by the natural gaps in canopies in comparison with adjacent closed-canopy areas. We chose butterflies as our focal organisms as they are taxonomically tractable and mobile, yet habitat sensitive. Previous studies have shown that butterfly diversity in tropical forests responds to varying degrees of canopy openness. Here we assess butterfly behavioural responses to gaps and equivalent sized closed-canopy patches. Butterfly occupancy time and behaviour were simultaneously observed 61 times in gaps and 61 times in equivalent sized closed-canopy patches across four sites in a tropical rain forest in northern Borneo. Out of the 20 most frequently recorded species, 12 were more frequently recorded or spent more time in gaps, four occurred more frequently in closed-canopy areas, and four showed no significant differences. Overall agonistic, basking, patrolling and resting were more common in gaps compared with the closed canopy. Many butterfly species have complex behavioural requirements for both gaps and closed canopies, with some species using these different areas for different behaviours. Each butterfly species had particular habitat requirements, and needed both canopy gaps and closed canopy areas for ecological and behavioural reasons, emphasizing the need for natural light heterogeneity within these systems.

scholarly journals Decline of the Endangered lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus in the Western Ghats, India

Oryx ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honnavalli N. Kumara ◽  
Anindya Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Macaca Silenus ◽  
The Western Ghats

scholarly journals Interactions of Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) with Non-Primates in the Western Ghats, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 112 (10) ◽  
pp. 2129
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Erinjery ◽  
Honnavalli N. Kumara ◽  
K. Mohan ◽  
Mewa Singh
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Macaca Silenus ◽  
The Western Ghats
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