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[S1E11] Riverine Grasslands and the Bengal Florican
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Episode Notes
In Assam, India, the grasslands along the river Brahmaputra totally contain tigers, but Rachel is bound and determined to talk about something hiding in the shadows of those tigers: riverine and river-island grasslands and their flagship species the Bengal Florican.
Thanks for listening to our weekly exploration of why grasslands are the best biome. We'll see you next week!
Primary Sources: Be sure to check out photos and more at our site!
- Batbayar, N., Bhardwaj, G. S., et al (2017). Averting the extinction of bustards in Asia. Forktail, 33, 1-26.
- Grassland burning, clearing imperils birds of Brahmaputra's river islands. (2021, February 22). Mongabay India. Retrieved April 15, 2021, from https://india.mongabay.com/2021/02/grassland-burning-clearing-imperils-birds-of-brahmaputras-river-islands/
- Girish Jathar's body of work.
- Lahiri, S., Pathaw, N. A., & Krishnan, A. (2020). Convergent acoustic community structure in South Asian dry and wet grassland birds. BioRxiv (preprint). doi:10.1101/2020.08.07.241612
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