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Theme I:    Biodiversity and Conservation

Ali, S., Mesta, D. K., Subashchandran, M. D. and Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Report of Burmannia Championii Thw. from Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats, Karnataka. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botony. Vol. 34 No.2. 343-345. (PDF)

Dev, S.A., Kjellberg, F., Hossaert-McKey, M. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Fine-scale population genetic structure of two dioecious keystone species Ficus hispida and F. exasperata. Biotropica DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00704.x (PDF)

Dev, S.A., Shenoy, M. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Genetic and clonal diversity of the endemic ant-plant Humboldtia brunonis (Fabaceae) in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Biosciences 35:267–279. (PDF)

Feagin, R.A., Mukherjee, N., Shanker, K., Baird, A.H., Cinner, J., Kerr, A.M., Koedam, N., Sridhar, A., Arthur, R., Jayatissa, L.P., Seen, D.L., Menon, M., Rodriguez, S., Shamsuddoha, M., and Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2010). Shelter from the storm? Use and misuse of coastal vegetation bioshields for managing natural disasters. Conservation letters. XX. 1-11. (PDF)

Ghara, M. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Comparative life-history traits in a fig wasp community: implications for community structure. Ecological Entomology 35:139–148. (PDF)

Ghosal, R., Sukumar, R. and Seshagiri, P.B. (2010). Prediction of estrus cyclicity in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) through estimation of fecal progesterone metabolite: development of an enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay. Theriogenology 73: 1051-1060. (PDF)

Hamann, M., Godfrey, M. H., Seminoff, J.A., Arthur, K., Barata, P.C.R., Bjorndal, K.A., Bolten, A.B., Borderick, A.C., Campbell, L.M., Carreras, C., Casale, P., Chaloupka, M., Chan, S.K.F., Coyne, M.S., Crowder, L.B., Diez, C.E., Dutton, P.H., Epperly, S.P., FitzSimmons, N.N., Formia, A., Girondot, M., Hays, G.C., Cheng, I.J., Kaska, Y., Lewison, R., Mortimer, J.A., Nichols, W.J., Reina, R.D., Shanker, K., Spotila, J.R., Tomas, J., Wallace, B.P., Work, T.M., Zbinden, J., and Godley, B.J. (2010). Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research. Vol. 11: 245–269, (PDF)

Jain, M. and Balakrishnan, R. (2010). Microhabitat selection in an assemblage of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of a tropical evergreen forest in Southern India. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1-7. (PDF)

Jain, M., Kuriakose, G. and Balakrishnan, R. (2010). Evaluation of methods to estimate foliage density in the understorey of a tropical evergreen forest. Current Science, Vol. 98. No.4, 25, 508-515 (PDF)

Karnik,N., Channaveerappa,H., Ranganath,H.A. and Gadagkar,R. (2010). Karyotype instability in the ponerine ant genus Diacamma. Journal of Genetics, 89 (2), 173-182. (PDF)

Krishnan, A., Muralidharan, S., Sharma, L. and Borges, R.M. (2010). A hitchhiker’s guide to a crowded syconium: how do fig nematodes find the right ride? Functional Ecology 24:741–749. (PDF)

Mukherjee, N., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Kapoor, V., Arthur, R., Koedam, N., Sridhar, A. and Shanker, K. (2010). From Bathymetry to Bioshields: A review of Post-Tsunami Ecological Research in India and its Implications for Policy.  Springer. (PDF)

Oommen, A. M. and Shanker, K. (2010). Shrewd alliances: mixed foraging associations between treeshrews, greater tacket-tailed drongos and sparrowhawks on Great Nicobar Island, India. Biology letters. 6, 304-307. (PDF)

Prasad, S. and Sukumar, R. (2010). Context-dependency of a complex fruit-frugivore mutualism: temporal variation in crop size and neighborhood effects. Oikos, 119: 514-523. (PDF)

Prasad, S., Pittet, A. and Sukumar, R. (2010). Who really ate the fruit? A novel approach to camera trapping for quantifying frugivory by ruminants. Ecological Research. 25: 225–231. (PDF)

Ranganathan, Y. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Reducing the babel in plant volatile communication: Using the forest to see the trees. Plant Biology 12:735–742. (PDF)

Ranganathan, Y., Ghara, M. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Temporal association in fig–wasp–ant interactions: diel and phenological patterns. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 137:50–61. (PDF)

Rao, G. R., Subashchandran, M. D. and Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Plant diversity in th Sharavathi river basin in relation to human disturbance. The Indian Forester, Vol. 136. No. 6. 775-790. (PDF)

Rao, V. and Nanjundiah, V. (2010). J. B. S. Haldane, Ernst Mayr and the Beanbag Genetics Dispute.  Journal of the History of Biology. DOI 10.1007/s10739-010-9229-5. (PDF)

Ray, R. and Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Small sacred groves in local landscape: are they really worthy for conservation?. Current Science, Vil. 98, No. 9. 1178-1180. (PDF)

Sathe, S., Kaushik, S., Lalremruata, A., Aggarwal, R. K., Cavender, J. C. and Nanjundiah, V.  (2010). Genetic Heterogeneity in Wild Isolates of Cellular Slime Mold Social Groups.  Microbial Ecology 60, 137-48 (PDF)

Shenoy, M. and Borges, R.M. (2010). Geographical variation in an ant–plant interaction correlates with domatia occupancy, local ant diversity and interlopers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100:538–551. (PDF)

Subashchandran, M. D., Rao, G. R., Gururaja, K. V. and Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Ecology of the Swampy Relic Forests of Kathalekan from Central Western Ghats, India. (2010). Bioremediation, Biodiversity and Bioavailability. 54-68. (PDF)

Theme II:

Behaviour and Evolution

Bang,A., Deshpande,S., Sumana,A. and Gadagkar,R. (2010). Choosing an appropriate index to construct dominance hierarchies in animal societies: a comparison of three indices. Animal Behaviour, 79, 631-636. (PDF)

Bansal, R. and Karanth, P. K. (2010). Molecular phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the Indian subcontinent reveals a unique Indian radiation and an Indian origin of Asian house geckos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57: 459-465 (PDF)

Bhadra,A., Mitra,A., Deshpande,S.A., Chandrasekhar,K., Naik,D.G., Hefetz,A. and Gadagkar,R. (2010). Regulation of Reproduction in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata: on the trail of the queen pheromone. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36, 424-431. (PDF)

Gadagkar, R. (2010). Sociobiology in turmoil again. Current Science, 99 (8), 1036-1041. (PDF)

Karanth, P. K. (2010). Molecular systematics and conservation of the langurs and leaf monkeys of South Asia. Journal of Genetics. (PDF)

Karanth, P. K., Singh, L. and Beth Stewart, C. (2010). Mitochondrial and nuclear markers suggest human langur (Primates: Colobinae) polyphyly: Implications for their species status.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54: 627-633 (PDF)

Kodandaramaiah, U., Lees, D. C., Muller, C. J., Torres, E., Karanth, P. K. and Wahlberg, N. (2010). Phylogenitics and biogeography of a spectacular Old World radiation of butterflies: the subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10:172. 1-13 (PDF)

Sen,R. and Gadagkar,R. (2010). Natural history and behaviour of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): a comparison of the two sexes. Journal of Natural History, 44, 959-968. (PDF)

Sen,R., Samudre,S., Shilpa,M.C., Tarak,R.C. and Gadagkar,R. (2010). Middle aged wasps mate through most of the year, without regard to body size, ovarian development and nestmateshp: a laboratory study of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. Insectes Sociaux, 57,95-103. (PDF)

Shilpa,M.C., Sen, R. and Gadagkar, R. (2010). Nestmateship, body size and dominance do not influence mate choice in males and females: A laboratory study of a primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. Behavioural Processes, 85, 42-46. (PDF)

Theme III:

Climate change and its impacts

Chaturvedi, R.K., Gopalakrishnan, R., Sukumar, R. and Ravindranath, N.H. (2010). Carbon management in Indian forests: a policy analysis to assess mitigation potential. Carbon Management 1: 109–117. (PDF)

N. H. Ravindranath., (2010) IPCC: accomplishments, controversies and challenges. Current Science, Vol. 99, NO. 1, 10 (PDF)

Ramachandra, T. V., Kumar, U., Aithal, B. H., Diwakar, P. G. and Joshi, N. V. (2010). Landslide Susceptible Locations in Western Ghats: Prediction through open Modeller. 1-10 (PDF)

Ravindranath, N. H.  and I. K. Murthy, I. K. (2010). “Greening India Mission”, Current Science, Vol. 99, NO. 4, 25 (PDF)

Rootzén, J. M., Berndes, G., Ravindranath, N. H., Somashekar, H. I., Murthy, I. K., Sudha, P. and Ostwald. M. (2010). Carbon sequestration versus bioenergy: A case study from South India exploring the relative land-use efficiency of two options for climate change mitigation. Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 34, 116-123. (PDF)

Sano, M., Sheshshayee, M.S., Managave, S., Ramesh, R., Sukumar, R.  and Sweda, T. (2010). Climatic potential of d18O of Abies spectabilis from the Nepal Himalaya. Dendrochronologia, 28: 93-98. (PDF)

Suresh, H.S., Dattaraja, H.S. and Sukumar, R. (2010). Relationship between annual rainfall and tree mortality in a tropical dry forest: Results of a 19-year study at Mudumalai, southern India. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 762-769. (PDF)

Theme IV:   Human Ecology and Ecodevelopment

Chelliah, K., Kannan, G., Kundu, S., Abilash, N., Madhusudan, A., Baskaran, N. and Sukumar, R. (2010). Testing the efficacy of a chili-tobacco rope fence as a deterrent against crop-raiding elephants. Current Science 99: 1239-1243. (PDF)

Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Mapping of fuelwood trees using geoinformatics.  Renewable and sustainable Energy Reviews, 14. 642-654. (PDF)