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I. 
Books: 
II. 
Chapters in Books: 
 

Ramachandra T.V. and Suja A., 2006. Sahyadri: Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System http://ces.iisc.ac.in/biodiversity, In Biodiversity in Indian Scenarios, Ramakrishnan, N. (Ed), Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp 1-22. 

 

Ramachandra T.V. 2006., Environment Education for Ecosystem Conservation, In Proceedings of Lake 2006: Symposium on Environment Education and Ecosystem Conservation, http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy/lake2006/programme/ec.htm#1

III. 
Book Reviews: 
 

Borges, R. M. 2006. Annual Review of Entomology M. R. Berenbaum, R. T. Cardé and G. E.Robinson (eds). Current Science 91: 969-971  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). A Subaltern view of Eusociality – A Review of –The Other insect Societies by James T. Costa, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachussets and London (2006), Science, 314, p.1391  

IV. 
Technical Papers in Refereed Journals/Books: 
 

Ahalya N, Kanamadi R.D. and Ramachandra, T.V. 2006. Biosorption of iron (III) from aqueous solutions using the husk of Cicer arientinum, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 13 (March2006): 122-127  

 

Ahalya, N. and Ramachandra, T.V., 2006. Phytoremediation: Processes and Mechansims, Journal of Ecobiology, 18(1):33-38  

 

Ahalya N, Kanamadi R.D. and Ramachandra, T.V. 2006. Biosorption of chromium (VI) from aqueous solutions by the husk of Bengal gram (Cicer arientinum), Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 8(3) http://www.ejbiotechnology.info/content/vol8/issue3/full/10/bip/BIP.HTML

 

Apte, G.S., Bahulikar, R.A., Kulkarni, R.S. Lagu, M.D., Kulkarni, B.G., Suresh, H.S., Rao, P.S.N. and Gupta, V.S. (2006). Genetic diversity analysis in Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. (Ericaceae) from the two biodiversity hotspots in India using ISSR markers. Current Science 91: 1634-1640.  

 

Bertrand Schatz, Magali Proffit, B. V. Rakhi, Renee M. Borges and Martine Hossaert-McKey. 2006. Complex interactions on fig trees: ants capturing parasitic wasps as possible indirect mutualists of the fig-fig wasp interaction. OIKOS 113: 344-352.  

 

Bruyndonckx,N., Kardile,S.P. and Gadagkar,R. (2006). Dominance behaviour and regulation of foraging activity in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata (Lep.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Behavioural Processes, 72, 100-103. 

 

Condit, R. et al including Sukumar, R. (2006). The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity. Science, 313: 98-101.  

 

Deshpande,S.A., Sumana,A., Surbeck,M. and Gadagkar,R. (2006). Wasp who would be queen: A comparative study of two primitively eusocial species. Current Science, 91 (3), 332-336.  

 

Devashish Kar, Nagarathna A.V., Ramachandra, T.V. and Dey, S.C., 2006. Fish Diversity and Conservation Aspects in an Aquatic Ecosystem in Northeastern India, Zoo’s Print Journal, 21(7): 2308-2315.  

 

Diwakar, S. and Balakrishnan, R. (2006). Male and Female Stridulation in an Indian Weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), International Journal of animal Sound and its Recording, 16, 75-85  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). Readings in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. Technical Report No. 107.  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). (Editor). Proceedings of the DST Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology” organised at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore from 16th-28th January 2006, Technical Report No. 108.  

 

Gaume, L., Shenoy, M., Zacharias, M. and Borges R. M. 2006. Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 341-344.  

 

Guru Prasad B R and Borges, R. M. 2006. Searching on patch networks using correlated random walks: Space usage and optimal foraging predictions using Markov chain models. Journal of Theoretical Biology 240:241-249.  

 

Gururaja, K.V. and Ramachandra, T.V., 2006. Developmental mode in white-nosed shrub frog Philatus cf. leucorhinus, Current Science, 90(3): 450-454.  

 

Gururaja, K.V. and Ramachandra, T.V. 2006. Pedostibes tuberculosus Advertisement Calls and Distribution, Herpetological Review, 2006, 37(1):75-76  

 

Jaiswal, K.J., Mujumdar, N., MacWilliams, H.K. and Nanjundiah, V. (2006). Trishanku, a novel regulator of cell-type stability and morphogenesis in Dictyostelium discoideum, International Society of Differentiation, 74, 1-12.  

 

Jayant Sathaye, P. R. Shukla and N H Ravindranath (2006). Climate Change, Sustainable Development and India: Global and National Concerns, Current Science, Vol. 90, No. 3, 10 February 2006.  

 

Kaushik S.,Katoch, B.and Nanjundiah, V. (2005). Social behaviour in genetically heterogeneous groups of Dictyostelium giganteum, Behav. Ecol. Sociol., DOI 10.1007/s00265-005-0077-9 

 

Mhatre, N. and Balakrishnan, R. (2006). Male spacing behaviour and acoustic interactions in a field cricket: implications for female mate choice, Animal Behaviour, 72, 1045-1058.  

 

Muller-Landau, H.C. et al. including Sukumar, R. (2006). Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests. Ecology Letters, 9: 575-588.  

 

Muller-Landau, H.C. et al. including Sukumar, R. (2006). Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models. Ecology Letters, 9: 589-602.  

 

Murthy, IK and Hegde, GT and Sudha, P and Ravindranath, NH (2006) Methodological issues in developing a community forestry greenhouse gas emissions mitigation project in Mancherial forest division of Andhra Pradesh, India. Environmental Science and Policy 9(6):pp. 525-537.  

 

Murthy, I.K. D.M. Bhat, G.T. Hedge, B.C. Nagaraj, K.S. Murali, G. Sangeetha, P.R. Bhat, C.M. Shastri, R. Rao Jagannatha and N.H. Ravindranath (2006). Tree Diversity and Carbon Sinks: Role of Village Agro-ecosystems in the Western Ghats, Karnataka, India International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 3 (2006) 114–121.  

 

Nath, C., Dattaraja, H S , Suresh, H.S., Joshi, N.V. and Sukumar, R. (2006). Patterns of tree growth in relation to environmental variability tropical dry deciduous forest at Mudumalai, southern India. Journal of Biosciences 31: 651–669,  

 

Nityananda, V. and Balakrishnan, R.(2006). A Diversity of songs among morphologically indistinguishable katydids of the genus Mecopoda )Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Southern India, International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recording, 15, 223-250.  

 

Ramachandra T.V. Yves Loerincik and Shruthi B.V., 2006. Intra and Inter Country Energy Intensity Trends, International Journal of Energy and Development, 31(1): 43-84.  

 

Ramachandra T.V., Vince George, Krishna Vamsee, Purnima G.B., 2006. Decision support system for regional electricity planning, Energy Education Science and Technology, 17(1):7-25

 

Ramachandra, T.V. and Sreekantha, 2006. Conservation values of wetlands, Pollution Research 25(1):61-66.  

 

Ramachandra T.V. and Uttam Kumar, 2006. Relevance of Hyperspectral Data for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, GIS and Development 10(4):30-36 (India)  

 

Ravindranath, N.H., Joshi, N.V., Sukumar, R. and Saxena, A. (2006). Impact of climate change on forests in India. Current Science, 90: 354-361.  

 

Ravindranath, N H., Murthy, I.K., Chaturvedi, R.K., Andrasko, K.and Sathaye, J.A., 2006. Carbon Forestry Economic Mitigation Potential In India, By Land Classification. “Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change”. In press  

 

Robin, V.V., Sukumar, R. and Thiollay, J.-M. (2006). Status and distribution of the White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Goa, India. Bird Conservation International, 16: 345-351.  

 

Sen, R. and Gadagkar,R. (2006). Males of the social wasp Ropalidia marginata can feed larvae, given an opportunity. Animal Behaviour, 71, 345-350.  

 

Singh, R.R. Goyal, S.P., Khanna, P.P. Mukherjee, P.K. and Sukumar, R. (2006). Using morphometric and analytical techniques to characterize elephant ivory. Forensic Science International 162: 144–151  

 

Sreekantha, Gururaja, K.V., Remadevi, K., Indra T.J. and Ramachandra T.V., 2006. Two new species of the genus Schistura Mcclelland (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Western Ghats, India., Zoos’ Print Journal, 211(4): 2211-2216  

 

Sudhira H.S and Ramachandra T.V., 2006. Administrative Reforms: Towards Sustainable Practices (Amita Singh), Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. (2003), Current Science, 90 (5): 727-728.  

 

Sukumar, R. (2006): A brief review of the status, distribution and biology of wild Asian elephants Elephas maximus. International Zoo Yearbook, 40: 1-8.  

 

Vignes, H., Hossaert-McKey, M., Beaune, D., Fevre, D., Anstett, M.-C., Borges, R. M., Kjellberg, F. and Chevallier, M. H.  2006. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for a monoecious Ficus species, Ficus insipida, and cross-species amplification among different sections of Ficus.  Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 792–795.  

 

Wills, C. et al. including Sukumar, R. (2006). Nonrandom Processes Maintain Diversity in Tropical Forests. Science, 311: 527-531.  

V. 
General Articles: 
 

Borges, R. M. 2006. Pictures at an exhibition: bees view Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Journal of Biosciences 31:503-505.  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). Guest Editorial - Some Reflections on the Pursuit and Evaluation of Science. Current Science, 90 (4), 473-474.  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). The Evolution of a Biologist in an Interdisciplinary Environment. In: 25 Jahre Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 1981-2006, (Eds.) Grimm,D. and Meyer-Kalkus,R., Berlin, Academie Verlag, pp.167-180.  

 

Gadagkar, R. (2006). Who First Invented Agriculture? In: Indian Institute of Science Pensioners’ Association Bangalore, Silver Gubilee, 1980-2005. Souvenir, pp.9-10.  

VI.  
Technical Reports 
 

Kanamadi RD, Ahalya N and Ramachandra TV., 2006 Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Low cost Adsorbents. CES Technical Report 112, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.  

 

Ahalya N, Ramachandra TV and Kanamadi RD. 2006. Low cost biosorbents for dye removal, CES Technical Report 113, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.