We report the first observations of feeding behaviour Dusky-striped Squirrel Funambulus sublineatus in Western Ghats. It was observed on eight plant species, including four non-native species. Feeding forests as well plantations and agricultural habitats, indicating urgent need for studies such human-modified landscapes.

This report summarizes the results hitherto achieved in study of moss inhabitant testate amoebae Shenthuriney WLS, part Western Ghats, Kerala. is first on this important protozoan group sanctuary to document fauna.The reveals novel records 28 species span over 6 families and 9 genera from

Studies of species distributions on elevational gradients are essential to understand principles of community organisation as well as to conserve species in montane regions. This study examined the patterns of species richness, abundance, composition, range sizes, and distribution of rainforest birds at 14 sites along an elevational gradient (500-1400 m) in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserv...

1. Habitat fragmentation, anthropogenic disturbance and the introduction of invasive species are factors thought to structure ant assemblages. To understand responses of the ant community to changes in the environment, ants are commonly categorised into functional groups, a scheme developed and based on Australian ants. 2. Behaviourally dominant and aggressive ants of the dominant dolichoderina...