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Plant species and their stages and parts foraged by spotted deer in Alexandra, Tarmugli and Rutland islands of the Andaman archipelago, Bay of Bengal.

Vernacular name / Scientific name / Stage and part browsed
1 / Dhada bet / Calamus longisetus / Sapling
2 / Jungli Supari / Areca triandra / Sapling
3 / Khaksi / NA / Sapling
4 / Mota bet / Calamus andamanicus / Sapling
5 / Lamba Patti / Sideroxylon longepetiolatus / Sapling and fruits
6 / Kath Karanj / Caesalpinia bonducella / Sapling
7 / Lal bet / Korthalsia laciniosa / Seedling and sapling
8 / Agia balli / NA / Seedling and sapling
9 / Latau / NA / Sapling
10 / Lal Bombay / Planchonia andamanica / Seedling
11 / Billli Kanta / NA / Sapling
12 / Surmai / Dracaena sp. / All stages
13 / Taungpeing / Artocarpus chaplasha / Seeding and sapling
14 / Croya / Cerbera manghas / Sapling
15 / Garjan / Dipterocarpus sp. / Sapling
16 / Safed chuglum / Terminalia bialata / Seedling
17 / Fish-tail palm / Caryota mitis / Sapling
18 / Mariam / NA / Fruits
19 / Khari Mahua / Mimusops littoralis / Fruits
20 / Khari Nariyal / NA / Seedling
21 / Khari Jamun / Eugenia claviflora / Sapling
22 / Bakul / NA / Fruits
23 / Bel bamboo / Dinochloa andamanica / Sapling
24 / Jungli Pyaj / NA / Sapling
25 / Pen Patti / Suregada sp. / Seedling
26 / Karanj / Pongamia glabra / Sapling
27 / Jahazi balli / Canthium sp. / Sapling
28 / Khari badam / Terminalia catappa / Sapling
29 / Hathi ganna / Heptapleurum venulosum / Sapling
30 / NA / Litsea sp. / Sapling
31 / NA / Leea indica / Sapling

Impact of invasive spotted deer (Axis axis) on tropical island lizard communities in the Andaman archipelago

Biological Invasions

Nitya Prakash Mohanty, S. Harikrishnan, K. Sivakumar, Karthikeyan Vasudevan*

* Corresponding Author: CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, Uppal Road, Hyderabad - 500 007, India

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