Ecological status for Ratapani wild life sanctuary, Raisen (MP) India

Abstract

The baseline study was conducted for the evaluation of the floral and faunal biodiversity of the terrestrial as well as aquatic environment of the study area, it comprises of total 5reserved forest and 3 protected forest including Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary falls Dist.-Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is strongly recommended to prepare the conservation plan for schedule-1 Fauna (listed 9 animals and 1 bird) and it is ensure to implement the conservation plan during construction and operation phase of railway track. Moreover, there is an urgent need of public awareness for the importance of wildlife, as illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals was recorded from locals living in the forest and nearby villagers.

Resilience of the Central Indian Forest Ecosystem to Rainfall Variability in the Context of a Changing Climate

“…The phase-1 result (Figure 9a) revealed that in the northern part of the study area (shown in red-toyellow colour in Figure 9a), the second epoch (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) received less rain than the first epoch (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Interestingly, a similar pattern was observed in NDVI difference, i.e., In fact, these areas are drier regions with scrubs, grasses and thorn vegetation types [68][69][70] and especially lantana camara, which have covered most parts of the protected forests of central India [68,71]. Apart from this, the region is abundant with teak forests [69,72] with low biomass accumulation, which is limited due to environmental conditions compared to other moist forests.…”

“…In the first epoch (the driest period in 18 years), the mean NDVI values were consistently smaller in the larger part of the north-western region (Figure 8a), which is a clear indication of the adaptation of vegetation systems in low-rainfall areas. In fact, these areas are drier regions with scrubs, grasses and thorn vegetation types [68][69][70] and especially lantana camara, which have covered most parts of the protected forests of central India [68,71]. Apart from this, the region is abundant with teak forests [72,69] with low biomass accumulation, which is limited due to environmental conditions compared to other moist forests.…”

“…In fact, these areas are drier regions with scrubs, grasses and thorn vegetation types [68][69][70] and especially lantana camara, which have covered most parts of the protected forests of central India [68,71]. Apart from this, the region is abundant with teak forests [72,69] with low biomass accumulation, which is limited due to environmental conditions compared to other moist forests. The regions with large mean NDVI (class 0.6-0.83) are characterized with densely vegetated areas of moist deciduous forest in the eastern region and evergreen forests in the Western Ghats (Figure 8).…”

Rhizopus homothallicus, an emerging pathogen causing cavitary lung lesions

“…The internal transcribed spacer sequence showed maximum similarity to sequences KU926333 and MK351861, as shown in . MK351861 was isolated from soil at Ratapani wildlife sanctuary in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh [18]. Sequence KU926333 was isolated from the lung biopsy sample of a fatal case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with unchecked diabetes mellitus from Paris [19].…”

Avian and wildlife diversity in the area of bauxite mining near lamba village, Dwarka in the state of Gujarat, India

“…The status of individual species was assessed using the revised IUCN/SSC category system. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Figure 1 Study area Map.…”