Pollinators are declining rapidly, largely due to land conversion and intensification of agriculture. To mitigate their crisis, low-disturbance habitats, such as sown wildflower plantings, could ...

Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost conservation efforts. The study titled 'Reliable monitoring of ...

When sampling a population, the numbers of organisms are counted within a sample site, and then the results multiplied to estimate the total number in the entire habitat. Large animals and plants can ...

The study advocated using sighting-based line-transect sampling method to estimate reliable numbers of elephants. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: With discredited methods making the counting of ...

Nagpur: A new scientific monograph titled ‘Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India’ by Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) scientists and collaborators ...

A group of researchers has ascertained that the road transect method is the most effective method to estimate vulture populations in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), home to the southernmost, viable ...