Wildlife Institute of India

Environmental enrichment affects growth and behaviour differently in head-started critically endangered freshwater turtles

Abstract Freshwater chelonians face severe extinction risk, and head-starting programs increasingly rely on captive rearing to offset poor recruitment. However, evaluating success by growth and release numbers overlooks welfare and post-release competence. We assessed head-starte...

Anthropogenic drivers of algal regime shifts in a Himalayan watershed and pathways for nature-based solutions

Abstract Freshwater ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by human activities, yet the ecological mechanisms linking anthropogenic pressures to algal community dynamics remain incompletely resolved in the Himalayan river systems. To bridge this gap, this study presents...

Demographic drivers of the far eastern leopard population recovery

Effective conservation of endangered large carnivores requires understanding demographic processes driving population recovery. We present the first comprehensive demographic analysis of the critically endangered Far Eastern leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis ) in Land of the L...