Aravind.N.A

Post-Doctoral Fellow



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Education

  • Ph. D. (Applied Zoology). Working on Ecology of Land Snails of Western Ghats, Mangalore University. Registered in January 2002.
  • M. Sc. (Biosciences) Dept. of Biosciences, Mangalore University, 1998.
  • B. Sc. (Botany,Zoology,Chemistry) Poornaprajna College - Udupi, Mangalore University, 1996
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Research Interests

  • Ecology of birds, butterfly, Amphibians and Non-marine (Freshwater molluscs and land snails) molluscs of Western Ghats.
  • Use of GIS in Ecology and Management.
  • Painting and nature photography.
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Experience

Projects

Current Projects:

  • “Inventorying biodiversity in and around Myristica swamps in Western Ghats, India” Funded by Rainforest Concern, United Kingdom. September 2003 to August 2004.

Previous Projects:

  • Worked on a project entitled “Assessing the impact of anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity of a tropical forest ecosystem in India”. Funded by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR- www.cigar.org/cifor). October 1998 to March 2000.
  • Worked on a project entitled “Impact of invasive species on the diversity, health and productivity of ecosystems: A study in the tropical forests of south India”. Funded by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR-www.cigar.org/cifor). April 2000 to August 2001.
  • Worked on “Mapping of birds and butterfly diversity of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary”.
  • Co-investigator, project entitled "Assessment of biodiversity of lesser-known and functionally important groups in Nagarahole National park". Funded by World Bank through Karnataka Forest Department. March, 2001 to December 2002
  • “Role of Forest fruits in sustaining livelihood of forest fringe communities in South India”. Department for International Development, UK. June 2001-March 2002.
  • “Mapping of rare, endangered and threatened medicinal plant resources in medicinal plant conservation areas (MPCAs), Karnataka”. Funded by Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT-www.frlht.org.in) Bangalore. February 2001 to February 2004.
  • “Impact of land-use change on land snail assemblage in Western Ghats, India” Funded by International Foundation for Science (IFS-www.ifs.se), Sweden. April 2003 to March 2004.

Field Experience

  • Worked in Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Program in the Poornaprajna College Unit under Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore for two years 1994 to 1996.
  • Participated as an Instructor in the nature camp held at Kollur (Karnataka) conducted by General Thimmaiah National Academy of Adventure Dec. 1992.
  • Participated as an Instructor in the nature camp held at Mutthodi (Karnataka) conducted by General Thimmaiah National Academy of Adventure, June 1993.
  • 15 years experience in the survey and sampling of birds, butterflies, plants. And 5 years experience in fresh water molluscan ecology of Western Ghats.
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Affiliations / Positions / Memberships

Fellowships

  • Awarded Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship for the year 1995 to study Bird Communities of Western Ghats under Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore (first student to get fellowship).
  • Awarded Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship for the year 1997 to study Oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster under Dr. Amitabh Joshi, JNCASR, Bangalore.

Memberhips

  1. Society for Conservation Biology (Washington, USA)- 2002-
  2. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (Washington, USA)- 2002-
  3. Society for Applied Ornithology (Hyderabad, India)- 2002-2003
  4. Focal Foto Club® (Udupi, India)- 1995-Present
  5. Artist’s Forum® (Udupi, India)- 1994-1998
  6. Bombay Natural History Society (Mumbai, India)- 2003- Present
  7. International Bird Conservation Network (IBCN, Mumbai, India)- 2003
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Grants / Awards / Honors

  • March 2001-December 2002. Karnataka Forest Department. “Assessment of Lesser known and functionally important taxa in Nagarahole National Park” in collaboration with others. Amount Rs.7,70,000
  • April 2003- March 2005. International Foundation for Science, Sweden. “Impact of land-use change on land snail assemblage in Western Ghats, India” Amount Rs.5,00,000.
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Select Publications

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Complete Publications

Peer reviewed

  1. Sheeba, V., N. A. Aravind Madhyastha and A. Joshi. 1998. Oviposition preference for novel versus normal food resources in laboratory population of Drosophila melanogaster. Biosciences, 23: 93-100.
  2. Aravind, N. A., Dinesh Rao and P. S. Madhusudan. 2001. Additions to the birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Zoos' Print Journal, 27(7): 541-547.
  3. Aravind, N A, Narayani Barve, R., Uma Shaanker, J. Poulsen and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2002. Mapping Human Induced Threat to a Sanctuary, South India. ETFRN News, 36: 41-43.
  4. Aravind, N. A. 2002. First report of Micrixalus nudis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Karnataka, India. Hamadryad, 27(1): 116-117.
  5. Aravind, N. A., K. N. Ganeshaiah, and R. Uma Shaanker. 2004. Croak, croak, croak: Are there more frogs to be discovered in Western Ghats? Current Science, 86:1471-1472.
  6. Uma Shaanker, R., K. N. Ganeshaiah, Smitha Krishnan, R. Ramya, C. Meera, N. A. Aravind, Arvind Kumar, Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J. Ramachandra, R. Gauthier, J. Ghazoul, N. Poole, B. V. Chinnappa Reddy. Livelihood gains and ecological costs of NTFP dependence: assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India. Environmental Conservation. 31: 1-13.
  7. Aravind, N. A. and Dinesh Rao. 2002. On the Butterfly Assemblages of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Lepidoptera News. (In press).
  8. Uma Shaanker, R., K. N. Ganeshaiah, M. Nageswara Rao and N. A. Aravind. Ecological consequences of forest use-from genes to ecosystem: a case study in the Biligiri Ranganswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, South India. Conservation and Society (In Press)
  9. Narayani Barve, M. C. Kiran, G. Vanaraj, N. A. Aravind, Dinesh Rao, R. Uma Shaanker, K. N. Ganeshaiah, and J. G. Poulsen. Measuring and mapping human threats to a wildlife sanctuary in south India. Conservation Biology (In press).
  10. Aravind, N. A., Dinesh Rao, Ganeshaiah, K. N. R. Uma Shaanker, and G. Vanaraj. A comparative analysis of red-listed medicinal and non-red listed plant species in the Western Ghats, South India: are red-listed species really threatened? Current Science. (In press)
  11. Madhyastha, N. A., Rajendra G. M., Sandhya Shanbhaug and N. A. Aravind. Diversity of land snails of Kudremukh National park, Western Ghats, India in relation to its conservation (Journal of Molluscan Studies Under review).
  12. Aravind, N. A., Rajashekhar, K. P. and Madhyastha, N. A. Species diversity, endemism and distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India. Memories of Western Australian Museum. (Invited paper).

Full Length Papers in Proceedings

  1. Aravind N. A., Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J. G. Poulsen, R. Uma Shaanker and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2001. Anthropogenic pressures in a tropical forest ecosystem in Western Ghats, India: Are they sustainable? Eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and K. S. Bawa Extended abstract in: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Function. Pp. 125-128.
  2. Gururaja, K.V., N. A. Aravind, and Raghunath. 1995. Checklist to the birds of Shimoga and Gudavi. Eds. Vergheese, A., S. Sridhar and A. K. Chakravarthy, In: Proceedings of the First National Seminar on the Changing Scenario of Bird Ecology and Conservation.
  3. Aravind, N. A., Dinesh Rao, Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. Uma Shaanker, and J. G. Poulsen. Impact of Lantana camara on bird assemblage at Malé Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India. (In the proceedings).
  4. Aravind, N. A., Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker, and J. G. Poulsen. Impact of Lantana camara on plant communities at Malé Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India. (In the proceedings).

Notes

  1. Aravind, N. A. 1995. Comments on the migration of Pratincoles. Newsletter for Bird watchers, 33(4): 80.
  2. Aravind Madhyastha, N. A. 1999. Vagrants of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. Newsletter for Birdwatchers, 39(4): 66.
  3. Aravind N. A. Ficus pumila L.: A new host plant of Common Indian Crow (Euploea core Cramer, Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Bombay Natural History Society (Accepted).

Chapters

  1. Aravind, N. A. and Dinesh Rao. 2001. Biodiversity: An introduction. Eds. Hosetti, B. B. and M. Venkateshwaralu. In. Current trends in wildlife Biodiversity, Conservation and Management. Vol. II. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp. 1-26.
  2. Uma Shaanker, R., N. A. Aravind and K. N. Ganeshaiah, Forest Management for Conservation. In: Encyclopedia of Forest Science, Elsevier Science, United Kingdom.
  3. Aravind, N. A., and Dinesh Rao, Aves (ZSI faunal volume of BRT wildlife sanctuary)
  4. Dinesh Rao, and Aravind, N. A. Lepidoptera (ZSI faunal volume of BRT wildlife sanctuary)
  5. Aravind, N. A. Mammalia (ZSI faunal volume of BRT wildlife sanctuary)
  6. Aravind, N. A. Mollusca: Gastropoda (ZSI faunal volume of BRT wildlife sanctuary).

Conference Papers and Abstracts

  1. Aravind N. A., Dinesh Rao, Naraynai Barve, R. Uma Shaanker, and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2000. Mapping bird and butterfly diversity in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary. Abstract presented at National Symposium on Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium, held at Mangalore University.
  2. Dinesh Rao, Aravind N. A., K. N. Ganeshaiah, and R. Uma Shaanker. 2000. Birds and Butterflies associated with agro-ecosystems. Abstract presented at National Symposium on Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium, held at Mangalore University.
  3. Aravind N. A., Dinesh Rao, K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and John G. Poulsen. 2002. Impact of Lantana camara on bird assemblage at Malè Mahadeshwara Reserve Forest, South India. Abstract in 3rd National Symposium on Avian Biodiversity –Issues and Conservation Strategies, held at ANGRAU, Hyderabad. February 7th and 8th 2002.
  4. Krishnan, S., N. A. Aravind, J. Ramachandra, R. Uma Shaanker, K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Gauthier, J. Ghazoul, N. Poole. 2002. Role of forest fruits in sustaining and enhancing the livelihoods of forest margin communities in south India: Integrating ecological and ethnographic information in drawing predictions on the consequences of forest fruit extraction. Abstract in Tropical Forests: Past, Present and Future. Held at Panama City, organised by Association for Tropical Biology and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, July 29th to August 3, 2002.
  5. Aravind N. A., G. Vanaraj, Dinesh Rao, K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and John G. Poulsen. 2002. Impact of Lantana camara on floral assemblage at Malè Mahadeshwara Reserve Forest, South India. Abstract in XII Annual conference on Indian association for angiosperm taxonomy and National seminar on plant taxonomy in nation development, held at Goa University, Panjim, September 26th and 27th, 2002.
  6. Uma Shaanker, R. K. N. Ganeshaiah, Smitha Krishnan, R. Ramya, C. Meera, N. A. Aravind, Arvind Kumar, Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J. Ramachandra, Remi Gauthier, Jaboury Ghazoul, Nigel Poole, B. V. Chinnappa Reddy. Livelihood gains and ecological costs of NTFP dependence: assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India, Abstract in Conference on Rural Livelihood, Biodiversity and conservation held at Bonn, Germany, June 19-23, 2003.
  7. Aravind N. A., Rajashekhar K. Patil and N. A. Madhyastha. 2004. Geographical distribution patterns of land snails of Western Ghats, India. Abstract: World Congress on Malacology, 11th to 16th July 2004, Perth, Australia.
  8. Aravind, N. A, and Rajashekhar K. P. 2004. Impact of land-use change on the diversity of terrestrial snails in Western Ghats. ESI Conference, Bangalore.

Popular articles

  1. Published on Bird-life in “Tharanga” Kannada Weekly, Udhayavani Morning News, an English daily and photographs in Deccan Herald
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Meetings / Conferences / Symposiums / Workshops

  • Participated in the Basic Photographic Technique workshop conducted by Focal Foto Club® Udupi, Feb. 1990.
  • Participated in First National Seminar on Changing Scenario of Bird Ecology and Conservation. Organized by Ornithological Society of India held at Bangalore, Nov. 1993.
  • Attended meeting on Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Program held at Poornaprajna College, Udupi, Nov. 1994, organized by Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore.
  • Attended meeting on Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Program held at American College, Madurai, April, 1995 organized by Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore.
  • Attended the meeting on Documenting Biodiversity: An Experiment. At Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore from Oct 26 - 29,1995.
  • Attended Frontier Lecture on Recent Development in Genetics and Molecular Biology sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore and Dept. of Bio-sciences, Mangalore University, and Sept.1996.
  • Attended three-days workshop on the sampling of Aquatic macro invertebrates and fishes, held at Poornaprajna College, Udupi, sponsored by Dept. of Bio-technology, Govt. of India. May 1998.
  • Attended the Interaction Meeting on Biodiversity and Conservation of B. R. Hills, held at ISWT, Bangalore organized by ATREE, KFD, and VGKK, Sept. 1998.
  • Attend two-days workshop on photo journalism at MGM College, Udupi. Organized by Karnataka Patrika Academy. February 1999.
  • Attended National workshop on Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources: Research and Action plan. July 18-19, 2000, held at IWST, Bangalore. Sponsored by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome.
  • Presented a poster at National Symposium on “Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium”. Dec 15th – 17th , 2000, held at Mangalore University.
  • Attended Methodology workshop on Bio-resource mapping. January 23- 25, 2001, held at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. Sponsored by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
  • Attended International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Held at Bangalore from July 15- 19, 2001. Organized by ATREE and Association of Tropical Biology, USA.
  • Participated and presented paper at National Symposium on Avian biodiversity – issues and conservation strategies. Held at ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Feb 7 and 8, 2002.
  • Presented a paper on “Geographical distribution of land snails of Western Ghats, India” at World Congress of Malacology held at University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, from July 11th to 16th 2004.
  • Presented a paper on “Impact of Lantana camara invasion on plant assemblages at Male Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India” at National workshop on “Alien invasive and biodiversity conservation in India” held at Banaras Hindu University, Banaras from August 17th to 20th 2004.
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Contact

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