International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 675

Table of Content: January 2012; 4(1)

January 2012

Regeneration pattern and size-class distribution of indigenous woody species in exotic plantation in Pugu Forest Reserve, Tanzania

  Pugu Forest Reserve is among coastal forests in Tanzania which is highly degraded through exploitation. To conserve the forest, part of natural forest was cleared and established exotic plantation to provide forest resource needs for the nearby residents. However, the regeneration pattern of indigenous trees in the exotic plantation was not monitored. It was aimed at assessing diversity, population structure,...

Author(s): Rocky, J and Mligo, C

January 2013

Population sizes of cotton pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus Gmelin in some places of Assam (India)

  The breeding season is of paramount importance to the population size of waterfowl. All of the increase in population size occurs, as does much of the mortality during that season, which is often but a fraction of the entire year. Population of a species is indicative of the environmental factors of that area which strictly influences the species. The study includes the population size of the Cotton...

Author(s): Upadhyaya S. and Saikia P. K.

January 2012

Ex-situ conservation of Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) Allioni under different types of organic treatments

  Meda (Polygonatum verticillatum) belongs to the family Liliaceae. It is an important ingredient of Astvarga and known for its various medicinal uses. This is a herb which is used against many diseases and as a tonic. Due to great market potential of this plant, it is harvested in uncontrolled way which is causing the decline of the herb from its natural habitat. Thus, there is a need for its in-situ as well...

Author(s): Nidhi Lohani, Ravi Kumar, Lalit M. Tewari and G. C. Joshi

January 2012

Halophytic vegetation with their conservation in Jordan

  Two types of halophytic vegetation in Jordan are recognized: (1) Saline (halophytic) vegetation which occurs in the desert (saharo-arabian). The leading species of this kind of vegetation are mainlyTamarix nilotica, Beta vulgaris, Plantago spp, Lycium shawi, Aeluropus littoralis Anabasis spp, Atriplex halimus, Arthecnemum strobilicum, Stipa spp and Halopeplis spp. Such vegetation occurs around the...

Author(s): S. Al-Qura’n

January 2012

Potential of parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) against the sugarcane stem borer, Chilo infuscatellus (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae) under field conditions

    The present experiment reports the role of egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera; Trichogrammtiade) as a pest management tool for the control of sugarcane stem borer (Chilo infuscatellus) under natural field conditions. The prime focus of study was to find out the effectiveness of egg parasitoid as a primary tool after its field releases at different time intervals....

Author(s): Shahbaz Ahmad, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mansoor-ul-Hassan and Shahbaz Talib Sahi