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Distribution models predict climate-related range alteration or extinction of eleven threatened tropical rainforest trees in the Western Ghats

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By Kshama Bhat, Srinivasan Kasinathan, Divya Mudappa, A.P Madhavan
| BioRxiv
Abstract Evidence for climate-change related alteration in distributions and ranges of forest trees is accumulating, but information from Asian tropical forests, particularly for threatened and endemic species, remains limited. Here, we examine landscape-level distribution-abundance patterns of 11 endemic and threatened tropical rainforest tree species in the Anamalai Hills and model their distribution and responses to future climate scenarios in the Southern Western Ghats (SWG), India.
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Structure and dynamics of secondary and mature rainforests: insights from South Asian long-term monitoring plots

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By Srinivasan Kasinathan, Jayashree Ratnam, Akhil Murali, Kshama Bhat
| BioRxiv
Abstract We assessed tree community and carbon dynamics over 5 years in two 1-ha long-term ecosystem monitoring plots, one each in mature tropical rainforests (MR) and 10-year post-agroforestry secondary rainforests (SR) in India's Western Ghats mountains. Both plots were established in 2017 and monitored annually six times.
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Reviving the rainforest

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By Divya Mudappa, M Kumar, Anand M Osuri, Kshama Bhat
| ncf-india.org
Virtually all forests are influenced by humans in some way or the other, from forest fragmentation and resource extraction in human-dominated landscapes to the pervasive footprint of climate change affecting even the most remote forests. How do these disturbances interactively affect the ability of forests to sustain biodiversity and provide vital ecological benefits such as carbon sequestration?
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