The Best Biome

#11 – Riverine Grasslands and the Bengal Florican

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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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