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2007-Ongoing Kashmira Kakati Camera trap survey of small carnivores in eastern Assam, India
2007 Priya Davidar Supporting student participation in the ATBC Asia meeting
2006 - Ongoing Aparna Lal Distribution patterns of seagrass meadows and associated green turtles and fish species in the Agatti lagoon, Lakshadweep, India
2006-Ongoing Shomita Mukherjee Designing species-specific primers for genetic monitoring of small carnivores
2006 Sneha V Studying status survey of malabar pied hornbill in the Dandeli region, north Karnataka, India
2006 Nandini Rajmani Support for Fourth International Tree Squirrel Colloquium and First International Flying Squirrel Colloquium
2006 Anindhya Sinha Distribution, behavioural ecology and conservation of the newly-discovered macaque and the sympatric western Assamese macaque in ArunachalPradesh, northeastern India
2006 Anindhya Sinha Behavioural ecology and conservation of macaque communities in the tropical wet evergreen rainforests of Assam, northeastern India
2006 Ghazala Shahabuddin Studying development and change in tiger habitat of sub-Himalayan Uttaranchal: woodpecker species as indicators
2006 Hilaludin Consequences of ungulate hunting on their populations in the western Indian Himalaya
2006 Sandeep Sharma Food habits and use of thin layer chromatography for distinguishing scats of Tibetan wolves
2006 Vidya Athreya Standardize DNA procedures to identify individual leopards trapped in conflict situations in Maharashtra
2005-2006 Aditi Sancheti Song structure and variation of an endemic, threatened passerine, white-bellied shortwing at Grasshills National Park, India
2005-2006 Sunita Ram Distribution and status of the nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) in the Western Ghats, India
2005 Devcharan Jathanna A preliminary survey of small carnivores in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka
2005 Jahnavi Pai Effects of disturbance on foraging and nest-site selection of the Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica maxima) in the southern Western Ghats, India
2004-2005 Anantha Krishna Sharma Visual and vocal announcement of reproductive status; why do lion-tailed macaque females swell and yell?
2004 Abhishek Behl Study on the benefits to local communities from UK travel operators and conservation organizations at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan
2004-2005 Ashok Kumar Verma Study on the roost locations, population monitoring and feeding preferences of wintering harriers in South India
2004 Sindhu Radhakrishna Population survey and conservation of the Bengal slow loris in North-East India
2004 Anindya Sinha In search of the Tawang Macaque: a preliminary survey of the status, demography and behavioural ecology of a potentially new macaque species in western ArunachalPradesh, North Eastern India
2003-2004 Avanti Mallapur Assessment of the significance of visitor awareness and education programs to conservation education in three South Indian zoos
2003 Abi Tamim Vanak Preliminary survey of Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis) distribution in Southern India
2003 Ghazala Shahabuddin Effects of resource extraction on biodiversity conservation values: towards a sustainable forest management strategy in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan
2002-2003 Kaberi Kar Gupta Ecology and conservation of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus) in kalakad-mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India
2001-2003 Siva Sundaresan Behavioral ecology and conservation of the asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) in the little Rann of Kutch, India
2001-2002 T.R.Shankar Raman and Divya Mudappa Rainforest fragments, coffee, and conservation of rainforest birds
2001-2005 M. D. Madhusudan Impacts of livestock grazing on wild herbivores
2000-2002 H.S.Sushma Resource utilization and niche separation in sympatric rain forest arboreal mammals
2000-2002 Kashmira Kakati Impact of forest fragmentation on the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) in Assam, India
2000-2001 Dilip Venugopal Basking behavior and survey of marsh crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in ranganthittu bird sanctuary, Karnataka, India
2000-2001 Robin Vijayan Status and habitat utilisation of the threatened white-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx major) in the Western Ghats (Kerala and Tamil Nadu)
2000-2001 Soumya Prasad Tracking wildlife use of a NTFP: fruit removal & seed dispersal of Emblica officinalis
2000-2001 Devcharan Jathanna Density, biomass and habitat occupancy of ungulates in Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, south India
2000-2001 Balachandra Hegde NTFP extraction in Uttara Kannada district: results from a preliminary study in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka
2000 Gopinathan Maheswaran Status and ecology of the endangered hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Jaldapra Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal
2000 Manjunath Hegde Hosabale Butterflies of Shimoga district: A biodiversity assessment
1999-2000 Nandini Rajmani The ecology and behaviour of the large brown flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in a rain forest fragment, Western Ghats.
1999 Savitha Krishna Population ecology and threats for the survival of some anuran populations in the tropical rainforests of Western Ghats
1999 Atul Kumar Gupta Survey of binturong (Arctitis binturong) in Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura
1998-2000 Divya Mudappa Ecology and conservation of endemic small carnivores in the tropical rainforests of the southern Western Ghats, India
1998-1999 Surya N. Rao Addoor Community ecology and conservation of amphibians in the tropical rain forests of Karnataka
1998-1999 Sachidananda Jha Impact of human populations on biodiversity in protected areas in India
1998-1999 Neel Gogate Ecology of tigers: to enable a realistic projection of the requirements needed to maintain a demographically viable population of tigers in India
1998-1999 Farshid S.Ahrestani Population densities and biomass of herbivorous mammals in the bamboo-dominated forests of Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka
1998 Rohan Arthur El niño related coral bleaching in Indian reefs
1997-2001 Aparajita Datta An ecological study of sympatric hornbills and fruiting patterns in a tropical forest in ArunachalPradesh: An overview
1997-1998 Mahesh Sankaran An investigation of the effects of disturbance of Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve: implications for herbivore and plant management
1997 Sujit P. Bairagi Review of status of river dolphin (Plantanista gangetica) in Brahmaputra river of Assam, India
1996-1997 Kashmira Kakati Food selection and ranging in the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) in Borajan Reserve Forest, Assam
1996 Charudutt Mishra Wildlife conservation in the trans-Himalaya
1995-1997 B.K. Sharath Ecology of the king cobra in the Western Ghats of Karnataka
1995-1997 B.K.Sharath Ecology of the tropical rainforest turtles in south India
1995-1997 Aditi Sinha Sustainability of fruit extractions from two nontimber forest product tree species, Phyllanthus emblica and Phyllanthus indofischeri, in the forest of south India
1995-1996 Abi Tamim Vanak and Surendra P. Goyal Survey of fruit bats in Namdapha Tiger Reserve – ArunachalPradesh
1994-1996 R.Krishnamani Ecology of the lion-tailed macaque
1995-1996 V. Santharam A survey of the Indian great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) and its habitat in the Western Ghats, India
1993-1995 Madhusudhan Katti Ecology and evolution of non-breeding distributions in the Old World leaf warblers
1993-1995 Atul K. Gupta Effects of human disturbance on the ecology and conservation of non-human primates in northeast India
1992-1994 Sultana Bashir Land-use conflicts in Indian protected areas: the case of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
1991-1993 Ragupathy Kannan Ecology and conservation of the great pied hornbill (Buceros biornis) in the Western Ghats of southern India.
1990-1993 V. Santharam Ecology of sympatric woodpecker species of Western Ghats, India
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