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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Gadagkar, R. (2010). Sociobiology in turmoil again. Current Science, 99 (8), 1036-1041. (PDF) |
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Karanth, P. K. (2010). Molecular systematics and conservation of the langurs and leaf monkeys of South Asia. Journal of Genetics. (PDF) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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N. H. Ravindranath., (2010) IPCC: accomplishments, controversies and challenges. Current Science, Vol. 99, NO. 1, 10 (PDF) |
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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) |
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Ravindranath, N. H. and I. K. Murthy, I. K. (2010). “Greening India Mission”, Current Science, Vol. 99, NO. 4, 25 (PDF) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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Ramachandra, T. V. (2010). Mapping of fuelwood trees using geoinformatics. Renewable and sustainable Energy Reviews, 14. 642-654. (PDF) |