MSc Thesis Publications

Thareja, H., Paul, A., Alcoverro, T., Karkarey, R., Pinto, W., Jaishankar, S., ... & Arthur, R. (2026). Density dependence and territorial competitors can modulate parrotfish social foraging and herbivory on coral reefs. Proc Biol Sci 1; 293 (2066): 20251919.

Srinivasan, S., Biswakarma, A., Pradhan, D. K., Rai, S., & Srinivasan, U. (2026). Bamboozling Interactions: Interspecific associations within mixed-species bird flocks in bamboo in the Eastern Himalayas. Animal Behaviour 233

Paul, A., Thareja, H., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., Pulla, S., & Karkarey, R. (2026). Predators can facilitate herbivory in nutrient-limited marine ecosystems. Scientific Reports.

Nair, R., Jaishankar, S., Dey, M., Pinto, W., Bhai, B. R., Alcoverro, T., & Arthur, R. (2026). Fishing patterns shaped by history, place, and access leave lasting ecological signatures on coral reef fish assemblages. Biological Conservation, 314, 111675.

Mishrikotkar, S., Yadav, N., Harihar, A., Goswami, V.R., Ramakrishnan, U. and Ghosh-Harihar, M. (2025), Tiger diet in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: how do metabarcoding and mechanical sorting compare?. J Zool. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.70085

Ganguly, D., Srivathsa, A., Vasudev, D., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2024). Three’s Company: Anthropogenic factors shape co-occurrence in a meso-carnivore community in a semi-arid shared landscape of western India. Biological Conservation, 313

Sharma, A. D., Sridharan, A., & Isvaran, K. (2025). Decoding the dewlap: multiple signals in females and males of a gliding lizard. Behaviour, 1(aop), 1-26.

Ramesh, H., Malhotra, R., Khurana, S., Pandey, D., Chhering, T., & Suryawanshi, K. R. (2025). Balancing act: persistence of the red fox in the dog-dominated landscapes of the Trans-Himalaya. Proceedings B, 292(2048), 20250333.

Mukardamwala, M. S., Trivedi, P. G., Mehta, D., & Viswanathan, A. (2025). Correlates of Tree Cavity Presence in a Tropical Deciduous Forest of the Northern Western Ghats, India. Acta Ornithologica, 59(2), 145-157.

Rao, R.Y., Sankaran, M., Jathanna, D.  & Andheria, A. (2025) Assessing ungulate response to conservation-oriented village relocations and their associated management practices in a tiger reserve in central India. Biodiversity and Conservation 

Srinivasan, S., Kumar Pradhan, D., Rai, S., Biswakarma, A., & Srinivasan, U. (2025). Poles apart: the structure and composition of the bird community in bamboo in the Eastern Himalaya. The American Naturalist 205(6), 000-000

Baniya, S., Neupane, K., Thaker, M., Goswami, V.R. and Ramachandran, V. (2025), The dynamics of cave roost use by bats in the central Himalayas of Nepal: implications for conservation. Journal of Zoology 

Abhijith, A. V., Agnihotri, S., Bangal, P., & Krishnan, A. (2025). Contrasting morphological and acoustic trait spaces suggest distinct participant benefits in mixed-species bird flocks. Animal Behaviour, 123058.

Baniya, S., Thaker, M., Neupane, K., Goswam, V. R., & Ramachandran, V. (2024). Passive winter and active spring: variation in the cave-exiting activity of bats in the central Himalayas of Nepal. Acta Chiropterologica, 26(2), 261-273.

Sultana, I., Khandakar, N., Das, D. K., Quader, S., & Viswanathan, A. (2024). Polychaete Worm Density Correlates with Aggregate Shorebird Density, Prey Intake Rate and Foraging Success at an Intertidal Mudflat in Bangladesh. Ardea, 112(1), 113-130.

Ganguly, D., & Srivathsa, A. (2024). Ratel Mellivora capensis in a human-dominated savanna landscape in Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Small Carnivore Conservation, 62.

Jaishankar, S., Nair, R., Alcoverro, T., & Arthur, R. (2024). Anvil use by three wrasse species: Halichoeres hortulanus, Thalassoma jansenii, and Thalassoma lunare. Coral Reefs, 1-5.

Jayanth, A., Isvaran, K., & Naniwadekar, R. (2024). Drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal can differ across two species of fleshy‐fruited savanna plants. Biotropica 56(3), e13322.

Ishika Ramakrishna, Ajith Kumar, Maan Barua & Anindya Sinha (2023) Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Affective and Emotive Ethnographies of Human–Macaque Lifeworlds. In Ecological Entanglements: Affect, Embodiment and Ethics of Care. Eds Ambika Aiyadurai, Arka Chattopadhyay and Nishaant Choksi.

Rao, R., Alcoverro, T., Kongari, P., Yoayela, S., Arthur, R., & D'Souza, E. (2023). Tolerance to aerial exposure influences distributional patterns in multi-species intertidal seagrass meadows. Marine Environmental Research, 191, 106146.

Divan Patel, F., Pinto, W., Dey, M., Alcoverro, T., & Arthur, R. (2023). Carbonate budgets in Lakshadweep Archipelago bear the signature of local impacts and global climate disturbances. Coral Reefs, 1-14.

Jha, R. R., & Isvaran, K. (2022). Antelope space‐use and behavior indicate multilevel responses to varying anthropogenic influences in a highly human‐dominated landscape. Ecology and Evolution, 12(10), e9372.

Kamdar, A., Baishya, H., Nagendra, H., Ratnam, J., Smith, D., & Sekar, N. (2022). Human–elephant conflict mitigation as a public good: what determines fence maintenance?. Ecology and Society, 27(3).

Krishnan, A., Osuri, A. M., & Krishnadas, M. (2022). Small mammals reduce distance dependence and increase seed predation risk in tropical rainforest fragments. Biotropica, 54(6), 1428-1439.

Rastogi, S., Chanchani, P., Sankaran, M., & Warrier, R. (2022). Grasslands half‐full: investigating drivers of spatial heterogeneity in ungulate occurrence in Indian Terai. Journal of Zoology, 316(2), 139-153.

Samad, I., Kelkar, N., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2022). Life at the borderline: Responses of Ganges river dolphins to dry‐season flow regulation of river and canal habitats by the Farakka barrage. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(2), 294-308.

Gopal, A., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. S., & Naniwadekar, R. (2021). Seed fates of four rainforest tree species in the fragmented forests of Anamalais in the southern Western Ghats, India. Acta Oecologica, 110, 103698.

Odonjavkhlan, C., Alexsander, J. S., Mishra, C., Samelius, G., Sharma, K., Lkhagvajav, P., & Suryawanshi, K. R. (2021). Factors affecting the spatial distribution and co‐occurrence of two sympatric mountain ungulates in southern Mongolia. Journal of Zoology, 314(4), 266-274.

Rao, S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Bhalla, R. S. (2022). Linking flow alteration with fish assemblage structure in a river regulated by a small hydropower project in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. River Research and Applications, 38(1), 138-151.

Srivathsa, A., Rodrigues, R. G., Toh, K. B., Zachariah, A., Taylor, R. W., Oli, M. K., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2021). The truth about scats and dogs: Next-generation sequencing and spatial capture–recapture models offer opportunities for conservation monitoring of an endangered social canid. Biological Conservation, 256, 109028.

Surendra, A., Osuri, A. M., & Ratnam, J. (2021). Varying impacts of logging frequency on tree communities and carbon storage across evergreen and deciduous tropical forests in the Andaman Islands, India. Forest Ecology and Management, 481, 118791.

Gautam, S., & Kunte, K. (2020). Adaptive plasticity in wing melanisation of a montane butterfly across a Himalayan elevational gradient. Ecological Entomology, 45(6), 1272-1283.

Gopal, A., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. S., & Naniwadekar, R. (2020). Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India. Biotropica, 52(5), 871-883.

Rastogi, S., Raj, R. K., & Chauhan, B. K. (2020). A rare camera trap record of the Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus from Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Terai Arc Landscape, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(14), 17024-17027.

Rege, A., Punjabi, G. A., Jathanna, D., & Kumar, A. (2020). Mammals make use of cashew plantations in a mixed forest–cashew landscape. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, 556942.

Sriramamurthy, R. T., Bhalla, R. S., & Sankaran, M. (2020). Fire differentially affects mortality and seedling regeneration of three woody invaders in forest–grassland mosaics of the southern Western Ghats, India. Biological Invasions, 22, 1623-1634.

Dey, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Morisaka, T., & Kelkar, N. (2019). Interacting effects of vessel noise and shallow river depth elevate metabolic stress in Ganges river dolphins. Scientific reports, 9(1), 15426.

Menon, T., Sridhar, H., & Shahabuddin, G. (2019). Effects of extractive use on forest birds in Western Himalayas: Role of local and landscape factors. Forest Ecology and Management, 448, 457-465.

Agavekar, G., Agashe, D., & Economo, E. P. (2019). Dimensions of ant diversity on a small tropical island. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 12(2), 161-171.

Borah, B., Quader, S., & Srinivasan, U. (2018). Responses of interspecific associations in mixed‐species bird flocks to selective logging. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(4), 1637-1646.

Chakravarty, R., Chattopadhyay, B., Ramakrishnan, U., & Sivasundar, A. (2018). Comparative population structure in species of bats differing in ecology and morphology in the Andaman Islands, India. Acta Chiropterologica, 20(1), 85-98.

Jayadevan, A., Mukherjee, S., & Vanak, A. T. (2018). Bush encroachment influences nocturnal rodent community and behaviour in a semi-arid grassland in Gujarat, India. Journal of Arid Environments, 153, 32-38.

Majgaonkar, I., Bowden, C. G., & Quader, S. (2018). Nesting success and nest-site selection of White-rumped Vultures (Gyps bengalensis) in western Maharashtra, India. Journal of Raptor Research, 52(4), 431-442.

Ongole, S., Sankaran, M., & Karanth, K. K. (2018). Responses of aerial insectivorous bats to local and landscape-level features of coffee agroforestry systems in Western Ghats, India. PloS One, 13(8), e0201648.

Pawar, P. Y., Naniwadekar, R., TR, S., & Mudappa, D. (2018). Breeding biology of Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis in tropical rainforest and human-modified plantation landscape in Western Ghats, India. Ornithological Science, 17(2), 205-216.

Syiem, B. L. N., Goswami, V. R., & Vasudev, D. (2018). “In a tree by the brook, there’sa songbird who sings”: Woodlands in an agricultural matrix maintain functionality of a wintering bird community. PLoS One, 13(8), e0201657.

Zambre, A. M., & Arthur, R. (2018). Foraging plasticity in obligate corallivorous Melon butterflyfish across three recently bleached reefs. Ethology, 124(5), 302-310.

Agavekar, G., Garcia, F. H., & Economo, E. P. (2017). Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ, 5, e3800.

Kshettry, A., Vaidyanathan, S., & Athreya, V. (2017). Leopard in a tea-cup: A study of leopard habitat-use and human-leopard interactions in north-eastern India. PLoS One, 12(5), e0177013.

Ramachandran, R., Kumar, A., Gopi Sundar, K. S., & Bhalla, R. S. (2017). Hunting or habitat? Drivers of waterbird abundance and community structure in agricultural wetlands of southern India. Ambio, 46, 613-620.

Chakravarthy, D., & Ratnam, J. (2015). Seed dispersal of Vitex glabrata and Prunus ceylanica by Civets (Viverridae) in Pakke Tiger Reserve, north-east India: spatial patterns and post-dispersal seed fates. Tropical Conservation Science, 8(2), 491-504.

Lakshminarayanan, N., Karanth, K. K., Goswami, V. R., Vaidyanathan, S., & Karanth, K. U. (2016). Determinants of dry season habitat use by Asian elephants in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Zoology, 298(3), 169-177.

Nayak, R. R., Vaidyanathan, S., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2014). Fire and grazing modify grass community response to environmental determinants in savannas: Implications for sustainable use. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 185, 197-207.

Viswanathan, A., & Naniwadekar, R. (2014). Diet and foraging behaviour of purple Cochoa cochoa purpurea in Namdapha National Park, India. Forktail, (30), 145-147.

Viswanathan, A., Naniwadekar, R., & Datta, A. (2015). Seed dispersal by avian frugivores: non‐random heterogeneity at fine scales. Biotropica, 47(1), 77-84.

Mondol, S., Sridhar, V., Yadav, P., Gubbi, S., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2015). Tracing the geographic origin of traded leopard body parts in the Indian subcontinent with DNA‐based assignment tests. Conservation Biology, 29(2), 556-564.

Sridharan, B., & Namboothri, N. (2015). Factors affecting distribution of fish within a tidally drained mangrove forest in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Wetlands ecology and management, 23, 909-920.

Kohli, M., Sankaran, M., Suryawanshi, K. R., & Mishra, C. (2014). A penny saved is a penny earned: lean season foraging strategy of an alpine ungulate. Animal Behaviour, 92, 93-100.

Dalvi, S., Sreenivasan, R., & Price, T. (2013). Exploitation in northeast India. Science, 339(6117), 270-270.

Nair, T., & Krishna, Y. C. (2013). Vertebrate fauna of the Chambal River basin, with emphasis on the National Chambal Sanctuary, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5(2), 3620-3641.

Jadeja, S., Prasad, S., Quader, S., & Isvaran, K. (2013). Antelope mating strategies facilitate invasion of grasslands by a woody weed. Oikos, 122(10), 1441-1452.

Sridhara, S., Edgaonkar, A., & Kumar, A. (2013). Understorey structure and refuges from predators influence habitat use by a small ungulate, the Indian chevrotain (Moschiola indica) in Western Ghats, India. Ecological research, 28, 427-433.

Punjabi GA, Chellam R, Vanak AT (2013) Importance of Native Grassland Habitat for Den-Site Selection of Indian Foxes in a Fragmented Landscape. PLoS One 8(10): e76410.

Joshi, A., Vaidyanathan, S., Mondol, S., Edgaonkar, A., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2013). Connectivity of tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the human-influenced forest mosaic of central India. PloS One, 8(11), e77980.

Srivathsa, A., Karanth, K. K., Jathanna, D., Kumar, N. S., & Karanth, K. U. (2014). On a dhole trail: examining ecological and anthropogenic correlates of dhole habitat occupancy in the Western Ghats of India. PLoS One, 9(6), e98803.

Choudhary, S., Dey, S., Dey, S., Sagar, V., Nair, T., & Kelkar, N. (2012). River dolphin distribution in regulated river systems: Implications for dry‐season flow regimes in the Gangetic basin. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22(1), 11-25.

Gangal, M., Arthur, R., & Alcoverro, T. (2012). Structure and dynamics of South East Indian seagrass meadows across a sediment gradient. Aquatic botany, 98(1), 34-39.

Srinivasan, U., Raza, R. H., & Quader, S. (2012). Patterns of species participation across multiple mixed-species flock types in a tropical forest in northeastern India. Journal of Natural History, 46(43-44), 2749-2762.

Nair, T., Thorbjarnarson, J. B., Aust, P., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2012). Rigorous gharial population estimation in the C hambal: implications for conservation and management of a globally threatened crocodilian. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49(5), 1046-1054.

Varma, S., Anand, V. D., Gopalakrishna, S. P., Avinash, K. G., & Nishant, M. S. (2009). Ecology, conservation and management of the Asian elephant in Bannerghatta National Park, southern India. A Rocha India/ANCF: Asian Elephant Ecology and Conservation Reference Series, 1, 13-52.

Goswami, V.R., Lauretta, M., Madhusudan, M.D., Karanth, K.U., (2012). Optimizing individual identification methods and sampling effort for estimation of Asian elephant abundance using photographic capture-ecapture sampling. Animal Conservation, 15: 174–183

Srinivasaiah, N. M., Anand, V. D., Vaidyanathan, S., & Sinha, A. (2012). Usual Populations, Unusual Individuals: Insights into the Behavior and Management of Asian Elephants in Fragmented Landscapes. PLOS One, 7(8), e42571. 

Velho, N., Isvaran, K., & Datta, A. (2012). Rodent seed predation: effects on seed survival, recruitment, abundance, and dispersion of bird-dispersed tropical trees. Oecologia, 169, 995-1004.

Prakash, N., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. S., & Kumar, A. (2012). Conservation of the Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) in human-modified landscapes, Western Ghats, India. Tropical Conservation Science, 5(1), 67-78.

Perinchery, A., Jathanna, D., & Kumar, A. (2011). Factors determining occupancy and habitat use by Asian small-clawed otters in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Mammalogy, 92(4), 796-802.

Krishnadas, M., Chandrasekhara, K., & Kumar, A. (2011). The response of the frugivorous lion‐tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) to a period of fruit scarcity. American Journal of Primatology, 73(12), 1250-1260.

Srinivasan, U., Dalvi, S., Naniwadekar, R., Anand, M. O., & Datta, Aprajita. (2010). The birds of Namdapha National Park and surrounding areas: recent significant records and a checklist of the species. Forktail, 26, 92-116.

Srinivasan, U., Raza, R. H., & Quader, S. (2010). The nuclear question: rethinking species importance in multi‐species animal groups. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(5), 948-954.

Singh, P., Gopalaswamy, A. M., & Karanth, K. U. (2010). Factors influencing densities of striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena) in arid regions of India. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(5), 1152-1159.

Kelkar, N., Krishnaswamy, J., (2010) Keeping rivers alive: Seminar, 613: 29-33

Kelkar, N., Krishnaswamy, J., Choudhary, S., & Sutaria, D. (2010). Coexistence of fisheries with river dolphin conservation. Conservation Biology, 24(4), 1130-1140.

 Suryawanshi, K. R., Bhatnagar, Y. V., & Mishra, C. (2010). Why should a grazer browse? Livestock impact on winter resource use by bharal Pseudois nayaur. Oecologia, 162, 453-462.

Teegalapalli, K., Hiremath, A. J., & Jathanna, D. (2010). Patterns of seed rain and seedling regeneration in abandoned agricultural clearings in a seasonally dry tropical forest in India. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 26(1), 25-33.

Swapna, N., Radhakrishna, S., Gupta, A. K., & Kumar, A. (2010). Exudativory in the Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) in Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura, northeast India. American Journal of Primatology: Official Journal of the American Society of Primatologists, 72(2), 113-121.

Velho, N., Datta, A., & Isvaran, K. (2009). Effect of rodents on seed fate of five hornbill-dispersed tree species in a tropical forest in north-east India. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 25(5), 507-514.

Karnad, D., Isvaran, K., Kar, C. S., & Shanker, K. (2009). Lighting the way: Towards reducing misorientation of olive ridley hatchlings due to artificial lighting at Rushikulya, India. Biological Conservation, 142(10), 2083-2088.

Krishna, Y. C., Clyne, P. J., Krishnaswamy, J., & Kumar, N. S. (2009). Distributional and ecological review of the four horned antelope, Tetracerus quadricornis. Mammalia, vol. 73, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-6.

Mendiratta, U., Kumar, A., Mishra, C., & Sinha, A. (2009). Winter ecology of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala in Pangchen Valley, western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. American Journal of Primatology: Official Journal of the American Society of Primatologists, 71(11), 939-947.

Abraham, D., & Davis, J. (2008). Revised trunk wash collection procedure for captive elephants in a range country setting. Gajah, 28, 53-54.

Anand, M. O., Krishnaswamy, J., & Das, A. (2008). Proximity to forests drives bird conservation value of coffee plantations: implications for certification. Ecological Applications, 18(7), 1754-1763.

Dolia, J., Devy, M. S., Aravind, N. A., & Kumar, A. (2008). Adult butterfly communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India. Animal Conservation, 11(1), 26-34.

Krishna, Y. C., Krishnaswamy, J., & Kumar, N. S. (2008). Habitat factors affecting site occupancy and relative abundance of four‐horned antelope. Journal of Zoology, 276(1), 63-70.

Swapna, N., Gupta, A., & Radhakrishna, S. (2008). Distribution survey of Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in Tripura, northeastern India. Asian Primates Journal, 1(1), 37-40.

Vasudev, D., Kumar, A., Sinha, A., (2008). Resource distribution and group size in the common langur Semnopithecus entellus in southern India. American Journal of Primatology, 70: 680–689

Teegalapalli, K., Hiremat, A., & Jathanna, D. (2008). The role of perches in accelerating seed arrival in human-abandoned clearings within Bhadra Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 105(3), 317-322.

Andheria, A. P., Karanth, K. U., & Kumar, N. S. (2007). Diet and prey profiles of three sympatric large carnivores in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Zoology, 273(2), 169-175.

Bali, A., Kumar, A., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2007). The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India. Biological conservation, 139(1-2), 93-102.

Goswami, V. R., Madhusudan, M. D., & Karanth, K. U. (2007). Application of photographic capture–recapture modelling to estimate demographic parameters for male Asian elephants. Animal Conservation, 10(3), 391-399.

Mukherjee, N., Mondol, S., Andheria, A., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2007). Rapid multiplex PCR based species identification of wild tigers using non-invasive samples. Conservation genetics, 8, 1465-1470.