Research papers

TFRI

  1. Joshi, K.C., Roychoudhury, N.and Barve, S.K. (2008). New addition to the moth and beetle fauna of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve.  Indian J. Trop. Biodiv. 16(2) : 179-184.(Download)

  2. Kushwaha, D.K., Barve, S.K. and Roychoudhury, N. (2012). Ypthima avanta Moore (Lepidoptera : Satyridae) – a new addition to the butterfly fauna of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve. Indian J. Forestry 35(2) : 231-234.(Download)

  3. Roychoudhury, N., Chandra, S. and Deepa, M. (2013). Botyodes asialis Guen. (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) – a new addition to the moth fauna of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve. Indian J. Forestry 36(4) : 455-458.(Download)

 

Others

Flora

  1. Bhat, S.A. and Tiwari, S.C. (2012). Regeneration status of important tree species in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve due to the extraction of selected non-timber forest products. Indian Forester 138(6) : 535-540.
  2. Jamaluddin and Chandra, K. K. (1997). Distribution of VAM fungi in bauxite mine overburden plantation of Amarkantak (M.P.). Indian Forester 125(5) : 412-418.
  3. Jamaluddin, Dadwal, V. S and Soni, K. K. (1990). Susceptibility of different provenances of Pinus roxburghii to Cercospora needle blight at Amarkantak (M.P.). Indian Forester 116(1) : 5861.
  4. Nayaka, Sanjeeva, Satya and Upreti, D.K. (2007). Lichen diversity in Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary, core zone area of proposed Amarkantak Biosphere reserve, Chhattisgarh. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 31(1) : 133-142.
  5. Panigrahi, G. and Murti, S. K. (1989). Flora of Bilaspur. Vol. I., Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 396pp.
  6. Prasad, R. and Danayak, S.C. (1992). Performance of tropical pines in Amarkantak area of Madhya Pradesh. J. Tropical Forestry 8(3) : 208-210.
  7. Prajapati, A. and Tiwari, S. C. (2015). Terricolous lichens of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, Indian J. Applied & Pure Bio. 30(1) : 1-6.
  8. Sahu, P.K. and Singh, J.S. (2008). Structural attributes of lantana-invaded forest plots in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Curr. Sci. 94(4) : 494-500.
  9. Saini, D.C. (2005). Pteridophytic flora of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 29(4) : 713-732.
  10. Saxena, H.O. (1970). The flora of Amarkantak, M. P. Bull. Bot. Sur. India 12(1-4): 37-66.
  11. Shettyi, P.K. (1957). Soil fungal flora of two forest compartments of Amarkantak, M.P. Bull.Bot. Soc.Univ. Sagar 9(1) : 40-47.
  12. Shukla A.N. and Singh K.P. (2009) Pteridophytes flora of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Indian Forester 135(2) : 271-280
  13. Shukla, A.N. and Singh, K.P. (2010). Three new additions to the flora of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Forester 136(5) : 694-696.
  14. Shukla A.N. and Singh K.P. (2011) A note on lichens on Shorea robusta in a biosphere reserve, central India. Indian Forester 137(5) : 649-652.
  15. Shukla, A.N. and Singh, K.P. (2012). Contribution to the flora of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Indian Forester 138(1) : 22-26.
  16. Shukla A.N. and Singh K.P (2012) Glimpses of the lichen flora of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve in central India. Am. J. Plant Sci. 3 : 697-708.
  17. Shukla, A. N., Dubey, P.C. and K.P. Singh (2009) Grasses of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve. J. Trop. Biodiv. 17(1) : 1-30.
  18. Shukla, A.N., Singh, K.P. and Singh, J.S. (2009). Invasive alien species of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India, Section B 79(4) : 384-392.
  19. Singh, K.P., Shukla, A.N. and Singh, J.S. (2010), Floristic diversity and taxonomic profile of the vegetation of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 107(2) : 133-143.
  20. Soni, K.K., Hosagoudar, V.B., Pyasi A. and Verma, R.K. (2010). Asterostomella shoreae sp. nov. from Achanakmar biosphere reserve in Chhattisgarh, India. Indian J. Trop. Biodiv. 18(2) : 255-257.
  21. Tiwari, A. P., Kumar, B. and Shukla, A. N., (2014). Adiantum venustum D.Don (Adiantaceae) : New distributional record from Central India, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 36 (1), 139-141.

Fauna

  1. Chandra, K. (2006). Threatened animals of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Indian J. Trop. Biodiv. 14(2) : 97-122.
  2. Chandra, K. (2014). Fauna of Achanakmar Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Conservation Area Series, 49 : 1-292 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
  3. Chandra, K. and Gupta, S. K. (2005). Record of monster cricket, Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury) (Aschizodactylidae: Orthoptera) from Chhattisgarh. Insect Env. 11(2) : 56.
  4. Chandra, K. and Gupta, D. (2012). Diversity and relative abundance of pleurostict scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. World J. Zool. 7(2) : 147-154.
  5. Chandra, K. and Gupta, D. (2012), An inventory of scarab beetles (coleoptera: scarabaeidae) of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Chhattisgarh, India, I.J.S.N., VOL. 3(4), 886-891
  6. Chandra, K. and Pandey, V. K. (2004). Notes on anuran fauna of Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary. Cobra, 57: 32-37.
  7. Chandra, K. and Pandey, V. K. (2005). Reptilia of Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary, Chhattisgarh. Cobra 60 : 1-5.
  8. Chandra, K., Nema, D.K. and Singh, S. P. (2006). On a collection of moths from Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary, Chhattisgarh. Nat. J. Life Sci. 3(2) 183-189.
  9. Das, I. and Chanda, S.K. (1997). Philautus sanctisilvaticus (Anura: Rhacoporidae), a new frog from the sacred groves of Amarkantak, central India. Hamadryad 22 : 21-27.
  10. Harshey, D.K. and Chandra, K. (2001). Mammals of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Zoos’ Print Journal 16(12) : 659-668.
  11. Singh, A.and Chandra, K. (2008). Study on the species composition and diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Insecta) in Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary, Chhattisgarh. Ann. For. 16(2) : 321-330.
  12. Tiple, A.D. (2012). Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata : Insecta) of the Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, with their status in central India. Int. J. Biotech. Biosci. 2(1) : 97-101.
  13. Tiple, A.D. and Ghorpade, K. (2012). Butterflies (Lepidoptera—Rhopalocera) of the Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, with a synopsis of the recorded butterfly fauna of the eastern central highlands in India. Colemania 26 : 1-38.

Ecology

  1. Iqbal, S. and Tiwari, S.C. (2015). Sequestration of soil organic carbon pool under different land uses in Bilaspur district of Achanakmar, Chhattisgarh. International Journal of Science and Research 4(7) : 1920-1924.
  2. Kittur, B. H., Swamy, S. L., Bargali, S. S. and Jhariya, M. K. (2014). Wild land fires and moist deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh, India: divergent component assessment. Journal of Forestry Research 25(4) : 857−866.
  3. Tiwari, S.C. and Iqbal, S. (2015). Sequestration of soil organic carbon pool under different natural forest vegetation covers in Achanakmar, Chhattisgarh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Approach and Studies 2(2) : 57-62.

Ethnobotany

  1. Ahirwar, R. K., and Sandya, K. (2015). Documentation of some threatened ethnomedicinal plants used by tribes of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 4(8) : 804-811.
  2. Bhat, S.A. and Tiwari, S.C. (2011). Indigenous knowledge of communities of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve in utilization, conservation and sustainability of NTFP in Chhattisgarh (India). Indian Forester 137(11) : 1313-1319.
  3. Bondya, S.L., Singh, K.P. and Khanna, K.K (2009). Exploitation of ethno-medicinal plants and their marketing status in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve. J. Tropical Forestry 25(I&II) : 33-37.
  4. Kapale, R. (2012). Ethnobotany of Baiga tribals with references to utilization of forest resources in Amarkantak biosphere reserve (India). Bull. Environ. Pharmacol. Life Sci. 1(6) : 73 – 76.
  5. Kapale, R. Prajapati, A. K., Napit, R. S. and Ahairwar, R. K. (2013), Traditional food plants of baiga tribal’s: a survey study in tribal villages of Amarkantak-Achanakmar Biosphere, Central India, Ind. J. Sci. Res. and Tech. 1(2) : 27-30
  6. Kiruba,S., Dhruw, S. S. K., Sahu, P. K., Geetha, V. S. and Jeeva, S. (2014). Phytotherapeutic drugs used by the tribal folk of Achanakmar Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Central India, International Journal of Pharma Research and Health Sciences, 2(2) : 157-165.
  7. Malviya, J., Joshi, V. and Singh, K. (2012) Antimicrobial activity of some ethno-medicine plants used by Baiga tribes from Amarkantak, India. Adv. Life Sci. Technol. 4(1) : 19-26.
  8. Prasad, R. and Pandey, R.K. (1993). Ethno-medico botanical studies of indigenous plants of Lamni and Achanakmar forest of Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh. J. Tropical Forestry, 9(1) : 27-40.
  9. Sahu, P.K. (2011). Plants used by Gond and Baiga women in ethnogynaecological disorder in Achanakmar wild life sanctuary, Bilaspur, C. G. Int. J. Pharm. Life Sci. 2(2) : 559-561.
  10. Shukla, A. K., Shrivastava, A. and Shukla, P. (2012). Exloration revisited towards biotechnological Applications and potential of rare medicinal plants: A review. International Journal of Innovations in Bio-Sciences, 2 (2), 76-78.
  11. Shukla, A. K., Shrivastava, A. and Shukla, P. (2014), Documentation of ethno-medicinal knowledge among the tribes of Achanakmar Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Central India, Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources, 5 (4), 345-350.
  12. Shukla, A.N., Singh K.P. and Kumar, A. (2007). Ethnoveterinary uses of plants from Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Journal of Non Timber Forest Products 14(1) : 53-55.
  13. Singh, L., Kasture, J., Singh, U.S. and Shaw, S.S. (2011) Ethnobotanical practices of tribals in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve. Indian Forester 137(6) : 767-776.
  14. Singh, S., Dixit, R.D. and Sahu, T.R. (2004) Ethnomedicinal and indigenous knowledge of Dryopteris cochleata (Buch- ham. Ex D.Don.) C.chr. and Tectaria coadunate (Wall. ex Hook. Grev.) C.Chr. among the tribal communities of Amarkantak Madhya Pradesh. Bot. Soc. Univ. Sagar 39(2) : 113-117.
  15. Singh, S., Dixit, R.D. and Sahu, T.R. (2005) Ethnomedicinal use of pteridophytes of Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 4(4):392-395.
  16. Tiwari, A. P., Joshi, B. and Ansari, A.A (2012). Less known ethnomedicinal uses of some orchids by the tribal inhabitants of Amarkantak plateau, Madhya Pradesh, India. Nature and Science 10(12) : 33-37.
  17. Tiwari, A.P., Sikarwar, R.L.S. and Dubey, P.C. (2014). Documentation of ethnomedicinal knowledge among the tribes of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources 5(4) : 345-350.
  18. Tiwari, A.P., Dubey, P.C., Sikarwar, R.L.S. and Khanna, K.K. (2012). Ethnomedicinal plants used by Baiga tribe of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India, India. Journal of Tropical Medicinal plants 13(2) : 167-175.

NWFP

  1. Mishra, M. (2013). Current status of endangered medicinal plant Hedychium coronarium and causes of population decline in the natural forests of Anuppur and Dindori districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Int. Res. J. Biological Sci. 2(3) : 1-6.
  2. Shukla, A.K., Shrivastava, A. and Shukla, P. (2012). Exploration revisited towards biotechnological applications and potential of rare medicinal plants : a review. Int. J. Innov. Bio-Sci. 2(2) : 76-78.
  3. Singh, S. and Singh, R. (2013) Utilization of pteridophytes of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve central India in women's health and beauty care practices. International Research Journal of pharmacy. 4(1): 235-240.
  4. Tiwari, S.C. and Bharat, A. (2008). Natural dye-yielding plants and indigenous knowledge of dye preparation in Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve. Natural Products Radiance 7(1) : 82-87.
  5. Tripathi, A. M. and Tiwary, B. N. (2013). Biochemical constituents of a wild strain of Schizophyllum commune isolated from Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve (ABR), India. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 29 : 1431–1442.

GIS and Remote Sensing

  1. Karwariya, S. and Tripathi, S. (2012). Landuse/landcover mapping of Achanakmar Amarkantak biosphere reserve, India using unsupervised classification technique. International Journal of Computational Engineering Research 2(5) : 1302-1307.
  2. Karwariya, S. K., Tripathi, S. and Shiva, S. (2013). Remote sensing and GIS applications in determination of geomorphological mapping of Achanakmar Amarkantak biosphere reserve using multispectral satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing & Geoscience 2(4) : 44-49.
  3. Maurya, A. K., Tripathi, S. and Soni, S. K. (2013). Change detection mapping: using remote sensing and GIS technology – a case study of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India, International Journal of Remote Sensing & Geoscience 2(3) : 104-108.
  4. Maurya, A. K., Tripathi, S. and Soni, S. K. (2014). GIS-based geological mapping in Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology 2(1) : 51-55.
  5. Maurya, A. K., Tripathi, S. and Soni, S. K. (2014). Remote Sensing and GIS-based geomorphological mapping: a case study of Achanakmar-Amarkantak biosphere reserve, central India. International Journal of Research in Advent Technology 2(7) : 210-214.