Scientific Publications

Woody species diversity from proposed ecologically sensitive area of northern Western Ghats: implications for biodiversity management
Prepared by: Medhavi Tadwalkar, Amruta Joglekar, Monali Mhaskar & Ankur Patwardhan
Monsters or Gods? Narratives of large cat worship in western India
Prepared by: Vidya Athreya, Sahil Pimpale, Atul Sinai Borkar, Nikit Surve, Siddant Chakravarty, Mrunal Ghosalkar, Ankur Patwardhan and John D. C. Linell
Allometric relationship of loaches
Prepared by: Ashwini Keskar, Pradeep Kumkar, Mandar S. Paingankar, Anand Padhye & Neelesh Dahanukar
Delimiting the distribution range of Indirana lethii
Prepared by: NIKHIL MODAK, ANAND PADHYE & NEELESH DAHANUKAR
Seed biology and germination studies of selected medicinal plant species from Western Ghats of India
Prepared by: Ankur Patwardhan, Amruta Joglekar, Monali Mhaskar, Pooja Ghate and R. Vasudeva
Fighting against all odds the struggle for existence among hill stream loaches of northern Western Ghats
Prepared by: Ashwini Keskar, Anand Padhye & Neelesh Dahanukar
Illustrated redescription of Haliplus (Liaphlus) arrowi Guignot
Prepared by: SAYALI D. SHETH, HEMANT. V. GHATE & BERNHARD J. Van VONDEL
Lectotypification of Jatropha nana
Prepared by: ASHISH N. NERLEKAR
Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics
Prepared by: GAURANG GOWANDE, ANURAG MISHRA & ZEESHAN A. MIRZA
Redescription of Nemachilichthys rueppelli
Prepared by: ASHWINI KESKAR, PRADEEP KUMKAR, UNMESH KATWATE, ANVAR ALI, RAJEEV RAGHAVAN & NEELESH DAHANUKAR
Distribution and population status of threatened medicinal tree Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde from Sahyadri
Prepared by: Ankur Patwardhan, Makarand Pimputkar, Monali Mhaskar, Prerna Agarwal, Narayani Barve, Rajesh Gunaga, Amit Mirgal, Chandrakant Salunkhe and R. Vasudeva
Status of Saraca asoca - An Endangered Medicinal Plant Species
Prepared by: Patwardhan Ankur, Pimputkar Makarand, Mhaskar Monali, Agarwal Prerna, Barve Narayani and Vasudeva R.
Hydrophylax bahuvistara, a new species of fungoid frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) from peninsular India
Prepared by: Anand D. Padhye, Anushree Jadhav, Nikhil Modak, P.O. Nameer & Neelesh Dahanukar
Advertisement calls of Amboli leaping frog Indirana chiravasi (Anura: Ranixalidae) from northern Western Ghats, India
Prepared by: Nikhil Modak, Neelesh Dahanukar, Hemant Ogale, Anand Padhye
First report of the female of Cheirochela assamensis Hope, 1841 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) from northeastern India
Prepared by: Shruti V. Paripatyadar, Sophio Riphung & H.V. Ghate
 
Diversity and zoogeography of the fairy shrimps (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) on the Indian subcontinent
Prepared by: Sameer M. Padhye, Mihir R. Kulkarni, Henri J. Dumont
A report of an aquatic beetle Eretes griseus.
Prepared by: Sayali D. Sheth & Hemant V. Ghate
Fighting against all odds: the struggle for existence among hill stream loaches of northern Western Ghats
Prepared by: Ashwini Keskar, Anand Padhye & Neelesh Dahanukar
Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India
Prepared by: Anand D. Padhye, Nikhil Modak & Neelesh Dahanukar
Leaping frogs (Anura: Ranixalidae) of the Western Ghats of India: An integrated taxonomic review
Prepared by: Neelesh Dahanukar, Nikhil Modak, Keerthi Krutha, P.O. Nameer, Anand D. Padhye & Sanjay Molur
Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of Goa, India
Prepared by: Nikhil Modak, Neelesh Dahanukar, Ninad Gosavi & Anand D. Padhye
Ontogenetic trajectory and allometry of Diplonychus rusticus (Fabricius), an Oriental aquatic bug (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) from the Western Ghats of India
Prepared by: Dnyaneshwar Doke, Rashmi Morey, Neelesh Dahanukar, Sameer M. Padhye, Shruti V. Paripatyadar
Endemic Asian Chytrid Strain Infection in Threatened and Endemic Anurans of the Northern Western Ghats, India
Prepared by: Neelesh Dahanukar, Keerthi Krutha, Mandar S. Paingankar, Anand D. Padhye, Nikhil Modak, Sanjay Molur
Documenting the fauna of a small temporary pond from Pune, Maharashtra, India
Prepared by: Mihir R. Kulkarni, Sameer Padhye, Avinash Isaac Vanjare, Shriraj S. Jakhalekar, Yugandhar S. Shinde, Shruti V. Paripatyadar, Sayali D. Sheth, Siddharth Kulkarni, Samadhan K. Phuge, Kalyani Bhakare, Aboli S. Kulkarni, Kalpana Pai & Hemant V. Ghate
Extraction, quantification and antioxidant activities of flavonoids,polyphenols and pinitol from wild and cultivated Saraca asoca barkusing RP-HPLC-PDA-RI method
Prepared by: Rashi Tewari, Madhuri Gupta, Furkan Ahmad, Prasant Kumar Rout, Laxminarain Misra, Ankur Patwardhan, R. Vasudeva
A report of Duttaphrynus scaber Schneider (1799) (Anura: Bufonidae), with Abnormal Toes, from Gavase, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra
Prepared by: Nikhil Modak, Anand Padhye and Abhijeet Bayani
Delimiting the distribution range of Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
(Anura: Ranixalidae), an endemic threatened anuran of the Western Ghats, based on molecular and morphological analysis
Prepared by: Nikhil Modak, Anand Padhye & Neelesh Dahanukar
Species richness estimate of freshwater rotifers (Animalia: Rotifera) of western Maharashtra, India with comments on their distribution
Prepared by: Avinash Vanjare, Chitra Vanjare, Nee Panikar and Sameer Padhye
Salacia chinensis – Utility and propagation techniques
Prepared by: A. Patwardhan, M. Pimputkar, R. Joshi.
Tree species composition in Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern Western Ghats of India
Prepared by: A. Joglekar, M. Tadwalkar, M. Mhaskar, B. Chavan, K. N. Ganeshaiah and A. Patwardhan
Habitat correlates of Odonata species diversity in the northern Western Ghats, India
Prepared by: P. Koparde, P. Mhaske and A. Patwardhan
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT CORRELATES OF NILGIRI WOOD-PIGEON (Columba elphinstonii) IN NORTH WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
Prepared by: Pankaj Koparde, Monali Mhaskar, Prachi Mhaske and Ankur Patwardhan
New records of Dragonflies and Damselflies from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India
Prepared by: Pankaj Koparde, Prachi Mhaske and Ankur Patwardhan
Evaluation of Anti-Diabetic Property of Extracts of Different Plant Parts of Salacia chinensis Linn.
Prepared by: Ankur Patwardhan, Makarand Pimputkar and Radhika Joshi
Larvicidal activity of the fungus Aphanomyces against Culex quinquefasciatus
Prepared by: A Patwardhan, R Gandhe, V Gole and Mourya D
Urban wildlife and protected areas in India
Prepared by: A Patwardhan, S. Nalavade, K. Sahasrabuddhe and G. Utkarsh
Reduced urban consumerism and enhanced rural bio-enterprises for food, water and climatic security
Prepared by: U. Ghate, A. Patwardhan and A Waran
Responses to Ecosystem Change and to Their Impacts on Human Well-Being

Prapogation and cultivation techniques of Embelia ribes (Vidanga) : A threatened medicinal plant species Future crops Vol. 2. Daya Publication House, N. Delhi. 237-256, 2014

Prepared by: PATWARDHAN, ANKUR., MHASKAR, MONALI., JOGLEKAR, AMRUTA., TADWALKAR, MEDHAVI., WAGH, RENUKA., AND VASUDEVA, R.

In vitro antibacterial activity of Tabernaemontana alternifolia (Roxb) stem bark aqueous extracts against clinical isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 12:26, 2013

Prepared by : NACHIKET MARATHE, MANDAR RASANE, H KUMAR, ANKUR PATWARDHAN, YOGESH SHOUCHE AND SHYAM DIWANAY

Butterflies of Northern Western Ghats: A Compilation of Checklists. Ela Journal. Vol.2 (1) : 3-22, 2013

Prepared by : ANAND PADHYE, A PATWARDHAN……ANKUR PATWARDHAN

Biodiversity of the Parvati-Pachgaon Hills : A ‘habitat island’ in Pune Metropolis. Ela Journal. Vol.2 (1) : 23-41, 2013

Prepared by : SATISH PANDE, ANIL MAHABAL….. ANKUR PATWARDHAN.

Dispersal modes of woody species from the northern Western Ghats, India.
Tropical Ecology 53(1): 53-67, 2012

Prepared by :  MEDHAVI D. TADWALKAR, AMRUTA M. JOGLEKAR, MONALI MHASKAR, RADHIKA B. KANADE,
BHANUDAS CHAVAN, APARNA V. WATVE, K. N. GANESHAIAH & ANKUR A. PATWARDHAN

PHARMACOGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF CHONEMORPHA GRANDIFLORA, AN ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT
IJPSR, 2011; Vol. 2(10): 2690-2693

Prepared by : A. V. Kulkarni, A. A. Patwardhan, A. S. Upadhye and N. P. Malpathak

Status of Embelia ribes Burm f. (Vidanga), an important medicinal species of commerce from northern Western Ghats of India.
Curr. Sc. 100 (4) : 547-552.

Prepared by : M. Mhaskar, S. Joshi, B. Chavan, A. Joglekar, N. Barve and A. Patwardhan

Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Summary Report (English Version)

Prepared by : Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Chairman, Western Ghats, Ecology Expert Panel

WGEEP - Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Summary Report (Marathi Version)

Prepared by : Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Chairman, Western Ghats, Ecology Expert Panel

Production of Camptothecin in cultures of Chonemorpha grandiflora

Camptothecin from Ophiorrhiza

 

Species Diversity at Chandoli National Park

 

Bugs are All - IUCN Species Survival Commission: Joint vision, goal and objectives of the SSC and IUCN Species Programme for 2013-16

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