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Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage and conservation strategies
<p>Sacred groves (SGs) play an important role in the conservation of local biodiversity and provide numerous ecosystem services worldwide. We studied how the ecological status of Central Indian SGs contributes to regional tree diversity and carbon (C) storage. We inventoried the trees in fifty-nine SGs of Madhya Pradesh and recorded a total of 109 tree species (90 genera, 40 families). The most species-rich families were Fabaceae, Combretaceae, Malvaceae and Moraceae. The tree density ranged from 75 to 925 individuals ha<sup>-1</sup> (mean: 398 ± 32 individuals ha<sup>-1</sup>), while the basal area varied from 2.5 to 69.2 m<sup>2</sup> ha<sup>-1</sup> (mean: 24.2 ± 1.9 m<sup>2</sup> ha<sup>-1</sup>). The total C stock {tree C + soil organic C (SOC; 0-30 cm)} ranged from 44.7 to 455.4 Mg C ha<sup>-1</sup> (mean: 153.8 ± 9.6 Mg C ha<sup>-1</sup>) across the SGs. The studied SGs represented 74.7% of the total tree diversity and contained 33.1% higher total C stock than the forests of the state. Tree C stock was significantly positively correlated with tree basal area (<em>r<sub>57</sub></em> = 0.965,<em> P</em> < 0.0001), distance from the nearest village (<em>r<sub>57</sub></em> = 0.432, <em>P</em> < 0.001) and number of years of existence (<em>r<sub>57</sub></em> = 0.615, <em>P</em> < 0.0001). The present study highlighted the crucial role of the studied SGs in sustaining regional biodiversity and storing significant amounts of C in biomass and soil. Continued conservation efforts and contained anthropogenic interferences are necessary in order to maintain the current role of these SGs as biodiversity and carbon reservoirs of Central India.</p>
Data from: A new species of Baorangia (Boletaceae, Boletales) from a sacred grove in India
<p><em>Baorangia albostipitata</em> sp. nov. from India is proposed based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic data. The species is characterized by a pinkish pileus with a yellowish pileal margin, a whitish pileal context that changes to pale blue very slowly on bruising or cut, a yellowish hymenophore without any color change on bruising or cut, a whitish stipe that changes to bright orange when bruised, and subglobose to ellipsoid basidiospores. Detailed descriptions, macrophotographs, illustrations, and comparisons with similar species are presented.</p>
Image 1 in A rare agaric (Agaricomycetes: Agaricaceae) from a sacred grove of Eastern Ghats, India
Image 1 (a,b). Habitat of Clarkeinda trachodes
Figure 2 in A rare agaric (Agaricomycetes: Agaricaceae) from a sacred grove of Eastern Ghats, India
Figure 2. Clarkeinda trachodes
Data from: A new species of Baorangia (Boletaceae, Boletales) from a sacred grove in India
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Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage and conservation strategies
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Data from: Sacred groves and serpent-gods moderate human-snake relations
<p>1. Serpent-god worship is an ancient tradition still practiced in many sacred groves across the Western Ghats of India. Although sacred groves there hold ecological conservation value, few studies have focused on arguably the most iconic taxon in the region, snakes.</p> <p>2. We thus investigated the impact of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on attitudes towards snakes by conducting surveys with people who had entered such forests prior.</p> <p>3. We found that next to none of the participants who had encountered snakes inside sacred groves in the past harmed them under such circumstances. However, nearly a quarter of all participants do harm snakes if encountered outside sacred groves.</p> <p>4. We also found that a larger proportion of participants who do not harm snakes outside sacred groves worship snake deities, relative to those that do harm them.</p> <p>5. Our work thus highlights the influence of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on pacifistic human-snake relations in Southwestern India.</p> <p> </p>
FIGURE 3 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 3. Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov. (holotype, ZSI-CZRC-7112): (A) dorsal view of head, (B) ventral view of head, (C) lateral view of head. Scale bars 5 mm.
FIGURE 2 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 2. Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov. (holotype, ZSI-CZRC-7112): (A) dorsal view of body, (B) ventral view of body. Scale bars 10 mm.
FIGURE 6 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 6. Colour variation in Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov. (A&B) males and (C,D,E,F) females, all from the type locality (uncollected individuals).
FIGURE 8 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 8. Natural history of Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov. (A) an uncollected female feeding on a Blattella sp., (B) a pair of eggs laid by an unvouchered female individual, (C) two- day old hatchlings.
FIGURE 1 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 1. Distribution of known Indian species of Hemiphyllodactylus and divergent lineages from the northern Eastern Ghats; inset, maximum likelihood phylogeny of the aurantiacus group (outgroups not shown).
FIGURE 5 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 5. Paratypes of Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov., from left to right, (top panel) ZSI-CZRC-7113, ZSI-CZRC- 7114, BNHS 2520, BNHS 2521, NCBS-BH665; (bottom panel) NCBS-BH666, NCBS-BH667, BNHS 2522, BNHS 2523, BNHS 2524. Scale bar 10 mm.
FIGURE 7 in A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India
FIGURE 7. Habitat of Hemiphyllodactylus minimus sp. nov., at Jhadeswar Shiva Temple, Humma, Ganjam District, Odisha, India.
FIGURE 5 in A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
FIGURE 5. Habitat and microhabitat of Leptolalax khasiorum sp. nov. at Mawphlang, Meghalaya State, north-eastern India. A. Mawphalang, a sacred grove protected by the Khasi tribe; B. Microhabitat at the time of sampling in the month of March was moist interstices of rocks along an intermittent hill stream within a subtropical wet hill forest.
FIGURE 1 in A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
FIGURE 1. Map of Peninsular and north-eastern India, showing type locality of Leptolalax khasiorum new species at Mawphlang (indicated by a white spot) in Meghalaya State.
FIGURE 4. A in A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
FIGURE 4. A female paratype of Leptolalax khasiorum sp. nov. (ZSI A10957), in life. A. Lateral view; B. Ventral view.
FIGURE 3 in A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
FIGURE 3. Holotype of Leptolalax khasiorum sp. nov. (ZSI A10955). A. Right side of venter, showing distribution of macroglands. References: P = Pectoral glands; V = Ventrolateral glands; F = Femoral glands; B. Right hand and C. Right feet.
FIGURE 2 in A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
FIGURE 2. Male holotype of Leptolalax khasiorum sp. nov. (ZSI A10955), in life. A. Lateral view; B. Ventral view; C. Head profile.
FIGURE 2 in Review of the millipede genus Propyrgodesmus Silvestri, 1920, with the description of a new species from a sacred grove in Kerala, India (Diplopoda: Polydesmida Pyrgodesmidae)
FIGURE 2. Propyrgodesmus bulbogonopus sp. nov., paratype ♂ (CATE-5503B). A, B. Anterior part of body, ventral and dorsal views, respectively. C. Right antenna, anterior view. D–F. Posterior part of body, ventral, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. G. Right midbody leg, anterior view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, E), 0.4 mm (D), 0.2 mm (C), 0.1 mm (F, G).
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