Atul Borker

The Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis is a large nocturnal bird of prey that has a vast distribution range. However, there is a significant literature gap on the ecology of this species in the Western Ghats ecoregion, particularly in regard to its food spectrum. In the present study, we assessed the diet composition of this species in the foothills...

Inadequacy in Mollem EIA JoTT paper

Human development can have detrimental impacts on the environment and its contained ecosystems. However, several species have adapted to thrive in human-modified landscapes. This study was aimed to assess habitat selection of threatened smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the peri-coastal landscape of Goa, India. In the Indian context...

Smooth‐coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) inhabit waterways of India and Singapore. Smooth‐coated otters typically live in family groups, or “romps,” consisting of a single mating pair with adult‐sized, nonbreeding offspring. We note here the presence of multiple reproductive female otters within some romps, as well as the possible existence o...

Smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) are inhabitants of the waterways of India and Singapore. Otter families typically consist of a single mating pair with mature, nonbreeding siblings living in family groups, or "romps". We note here the presence of multiple reproductive female otters within some romps, as well as the possible existence...

The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is a regulatory framework adopted since 1994 in India to evaluate the impact and mitigation measures of projects, however, even after 25 years of adoption, EIAs continue to be of inferior quality with respect to biodiversity documentation and assessment of impacts and their mitigation measures. This questions...

Sympatry was recorded between a family of Asian Small-clawed otters and a family of Smooth-coated otters was observed in Goa, a region in the northern Western Ghats of India. A camera trap was used to monitor otter behaviour for a period of 74 days, during which Asian Small-clawed otters were recorded 17 times and Smooth-coated otters were recorded...

Stripe-necked Mongoose Herpestes vitticollis is known only from the Western Ghats of southern India and Sri Lanka, while Asian Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus is widespread in tropical Asia. Recent records (2008–2014; direct sightings, camera-traps and [otter only] signs) of both come from the north-central Western Ghats in the states of Maharash...