ISSN 0564-3295

tropical ecology

© International Society for Tropical Ecology

Vol. 58, No.2Abbreviation : Trop. Ecol.July2017

contents

M. Gxasheka, Solomon T. Beyene, N. L. Mlisa & M. Lesoli – Farmers’ perceptions of vegetation change, rangeland condition and degradation in three communal grasslands of South Africa / 217
Unique N. Keke, Francis O. Arimoro, Yohanna I. Auta & Adesola V. Ayanwale– Temporal and spatial variability in macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to environmental variables in Gbako River, Niger State, Nigeria / 229
Geeta Joshi, S. S. Phartyal & Arunkumar, A. N.– Non-deep physiological dormancy, desiccation and low-temperature sensitivity in seeds of Garcinia gummi-gutta (Clusiaceae): A tropical evergreen recalcitrant species / 241
Roksana Majewska, Aimimuliani Adam, Normawaty Mohammad-Noor, Peter Convey, Mario De Stefano, David J. Marshall– Spatio-temporal variation in phytoplankton communities along a salinity and pH gradient in a tropical estuary (Brunei, Borneo, South East Asia) / 251
S. M. Maqsood Javed, Mithun Raj & Sunil Kumar– Predicting Potential Habitat Suitability for an Endemic Gecko Calodactylodes aureus and its Conservation Implications in India / 271
Youqing Chen, Siming Wang, Zhixing Lu & Wei Zhang– Ant community dynamics in lac insect agroecosystems: conservation benefits of a facultative association between ants and lac insects / 283
Ravi Ramalingam & Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan– Effects of various urban land-uses on the epigeic beetle communities in Bangalore city, India / 295
Hitendra Padalia, Kamal Pandey & R. A. Arumugam– Development of a web–enabled spectral data archival, visualisation and analysis architecture for tropical phytodiversity inventory / 307
S. Jeyakumar, N. Ayyappan, S. Muthuramkumar K. Rajarathinam– Impacts of selective logging on diversity, species composition and biomass of residual lowland dipterocarp forest in central Western Ghats, India / 315
Huiqing Han & Yuxiang Dong– Assessing and mapping of multiple ecosystem services in Guizhou Province, China / 331
Gaylad K. Muchayi, Edson GandiwaNever Muboko– Composition and structure of woody vegetation in an urban environment in northern Zimbabwe / 347
Swapna Mahanand, Mukunda Dev Behera & Partha Sarathi Roy– Plant dispersal profile of Indian tropical sub-continent on the basis of species commonality / 357
Michael J. Reyes, Philip E. Van Beynen Mark R. Hafen– An experimental study of the utility of adventitious roots for determining the hydroperiod in isolated wetlands / 369
Kadiri Serge Bobo, Towa Olivier William Kamgaing, Chia Bonito Ntumwel, Djafsia Kagalang, NghouedaJean Paulin Kengne, Fodjou Florence Mariam Aghomo & Mekongo Laurent Serge Ndengue – Large and medium sized mammal species association with habitat type in Southeast Cameroon / 379
A. Thokchom & P. S. Yadava – Biomass and carbon stock along an altitudinal gradient in the forest of Manipur, Northeast India / 389
Anup Kumar Das, Lal Bihari Singha & Mohammed Latif Khan – Community structure and species diversity of Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese forest along an altitudinal gradient in Eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India / 397
Biplab Baboo, R. Sagar, S. S. Bargali & Hariom Verma – Tree species composition, regeneration and diversity of an Indian dry tropical forest protected area / 409
Valère K. Salako, Thierry H. Houéhanou, Kowiyou Yessoufou, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Akpovi Akoègninou & Romain L. Glèlè Kakaï – Patterns of elephant utilization of Borassus aethiopum Mart. and its stand structure in the Pendjari National Park, Benin, West Africa / 425
Pankaj Panwar, Sanjeev Chauhan, Rajesh Kaushal, Dipty K. Das, Ajit, Gurveen Arora, Om Prakesh Chaturvedi, Amit Kumar Jain, Sumit Chaturvedi & Salil Tewari – Carbon sequestration potential of poplar-based agroforestry using the CO2FIX model in the Indo-Gangetic Region of India / 439
K. M. Aarif, K. Shanij, T. C. Rubio, P. C. Rajeevan & M. Polakowski – Population trend of wintering terns at a stop-over site in Central Asian Flyway with special reference to the decline of Sandwich Tern / 449