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• Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India

  A Group of Experts has submitted a detailed assessment of the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, recommending three potential sites for reintroduction. The cheetah, which is a flagship specie of the deciduous dryland/grassland ecosystem, became extinct in India in the 1960s. The word "cheetah" derived from the sanskrit word citrak?yah.

  • 01/07/2010

  • Wildlife Institute of India
  • • Grasslands
    • Wildlife
    • National Parks
    • Desert NP
    • Sanctuaries
    • Bagdara SA
    • Kaimur SA
    • Nauradehi SA
    • Palpur-Kuno SA
    • Sanjay Dubri SA
    • India
    • Chhattisgarh
    • Gujarat
    • Madhya Pradesh
    • Rajasthan
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • Dehradun
    • Wildlife Institute of India
    • N. K. Bohra & et al
    • G Balachandran

• Production and decomposition of litter in plantation forests of Eucalyptus Camaldulensis along canal command area in Indian desert

  <p>Litter production varied greatly with plantation age and stem density in E. camaldulensis being high in 12-year old plantation. Lowest litter production was in 4-year old plantation. Bimodal pattern of litter fall was observed in younger plantation where, two peaks of varied intensity were observed in summer and winter.</p>

  • 31/01/2010

  • Indian Forester
  • • Forests
    • Environment
    • Canal Irrigation
    • Rajasthan Canal IP
    • Ecosystems
    • Jaisalmer (D)
    • Rajasthan
    • Eucalyptus