The absence of alternative stable states in vegetation cover of northeastern India.

Globally, forests and savannah are shown to be alternative stable states for intermediate rainfall regimes. This has implications for how these ecosystems respond to changing rainfall conditions. However, we know little about the occurrence of alternative stable states in forest ecosystems in India.

Habitat monitoring and conservation prioritization of Western Hoolock Gibbon in upper Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India.

The present study aimed at predicting the potential habitat of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in the upper Brahmaputra River Valley, Assam, India, and identifying priority conservation areas for the species, taking canopy cover into account. We used the maximum entropy algorithm for the prediction of the potential habitat of the gibbon using its current distribution with 19 environmental parameters as primary predictors. Spatio-temporal analyses of the habitat were carried out using satellite-based remote sensing and GIS techniques for two decades (1998-2018) along with Terra Modis Vegetation Continuous Field product to examine land use land cover (LULC), habitat fragmentation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and tree cover percentage of the study area.

A comparative assessment of external morphological traits between Macaca munzala, Tawang and Macaca assamensis, Goalpara population in Northeast India.

The present study aimed to conduct a comparative assessment of the external morphology, relative tail length and colour variation (RGB additive colour model) of Macaca munzala, Tawang and Macaca assamensis, Goalpara (southern Brahmaputra population), using a non-invasive photogrammetry method. The study revealed that the relative tail length of M. munzala (0.