| Session | Time | Presenting Author | Title |
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| January 6, 2006 | | | |
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| | 10:00 AM | | INAUGURATION |
| | 11:00 AM | TEA | |
| Conservation Science | 11:30 AM | T.Ganesh | Processes, Functions and Dynamics of a mid-elevation Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats: Insights from long term monitoring. |
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| | 11:45 AM | M.Paramesh | Long term monitoring for better management: a case study of nelli tree. |
| | 12:00 PM | Siddappa Setty | Counting bees: Long term monitoring of Apis dorsata colonies in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern India |
| | 12:15 PM | Ankila Hiremath | Lantana removal and native species restoration: Some preliminary findings. |
| | 12:30 PM | Bharath Sundaram | The effects of fire and grazing on regeneration in a dry forest: implications for restoration |
| | 12:45 PM | M.Soubadra Devy | Response of species and key ecological processes to various scales of disturbance in a wet evergreen forest of Western Ghats |
| | 1:00 PM | LUNCH | |
| | 2:00 PM | R.Ganesan | Regenerating secondary forests: species and plant community response to a gradient of disturbance |
| | 2:15 PM | Chetana H. C | Seed predation and seed predators of Cullenia exarillata across a gradient of disturbance in Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Western Ghats, India. |
| | 2:30 PM | Shivanna K. R. | Reproductive ecology of Nothapodytes nimmoniana, an endangered species of Western Ghats |
| | 2:45 PM | Raghunandan K L | Seed germination, seed predation and seedling recruitment in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, a threatened species of Western Ghats |
| | 3:00 PM | Ravikanth G. | Overview of work in conservation genetics |
| | 3:30 PM | TEA | |
| | 4:00 PM | Suman Rai | Status survey of Hornbill species in Neora Valley National Park |
| | 4:15 PM | R. Vivek | Exploring the forest canopies in India: some exciting possibilities |
| | 4:30 PM | Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan | Conserving the lesser known: ATREE’s Centre for Insect Taxonomy and Conservation (ATREE-CITAC) |
| | 5:00 PM | Sinu P.A. | Generalist vs. Specialist natural enemies: a case study with tiger beetles and an ichneumonid wasp of an upland rice paddy agro-ecosystem of central Western Ghats |
| | 5:15 PM | Ravi Ramalingam | Ground insect community structure in a heterogeneous urban environment |
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| January 7, 2006 | | | |
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| Conservation policy | 9:30 AM | Nitin Rai | Joining hands: evolving participatory forms of forest governance for conservation |
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| | 9:45 AM | Bhaskar Sinha | Role of community forest management towards forest regeneration and livelihood security |
| | 10:00 AM | Ramesh Kannan. H | Lantana camara: Livelihood and Conservation by substitution |
| | 10:15 AM | Gladwin Joseph | Strengthening Traditional Agriculture among the Soligas at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary |
| | 10:30 AM | C. Madegowda | Results and evaluation of a participatory monitoring system for NTFP: the case of amla fruit harvest by tribal peoples in South India |
| | 10:45 AM | J.Soundrapandi | Enhancing Local Biodiversity as a Strategy for Conservation of Protected Areas: A Participatory Approach in Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamilnadu. |
| | 11:00 AM | TEA | |
| | 11:30 AM | Seema P | Over view of on-going work in Ecological Economics at ATREE |
| | 12:00 PM | S. Das | Scope of Production Forestry for Enhancing Carbon Mitigation in India |
| | 12:15 PM | Yogesh Kumar Ghore | Reorienting taxation policies to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainability of non-timber forest resources |
| | 12:30 PM | Aarthi Sridhar | ATREE's Coastal and Marine Conservation Programme |
| | 1:00 PM | LUNCH | |
| Landscape ecology | 1:45 PM | Jagdish Krishnaswamy | Quantifying forest type variability in seasonal tropical forests using multi-date NDVI |
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| | 2:00 PM | M.C. Kiran | Mapping and Classifying biodiversity from Space |
| | 2:15 PM | Narayani Barve | Assessing the threats to a wildlife sanctuary using Geographical Information System |
| | 2:30 PM | Arundhati Das | Prioritization of Conservation Areas in the Western Ghats |
| | 2:45 PM | Harini Nagendra | People Within, or Outside Parks? Forest Fragmentation and Change in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve |
| | 3:00 PM | Aravind N. A. | Patterns of species discovery in the Western Ghats, a mega-diversity hot spot in India |
| | 3:15 PM | Sajid Pareeth | Forest Fragmentation in Protected Areas: Human Dimensions of Land Cover Change in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary and Baikunthapur Reserve Forest |
| | 3:30 PM | Vishal K. Mehta | Impacts of forest cover change on Soil-Hydrologic and Evapotranspiration dynamics in degraded and protected forest areas of Bandipur National Park |
| Ecoinformatics | 3:45 PM | TEA | |
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| | 4:00 PM | Mohammed Irfan-Ullah | Thematic Presentation: ATREE-HP-UAS Ecoinformatics Centre, ATREE, Bangalore. |
| | 4:15 PM | Shiva Subramanya .S | The Role of Ecoinformatics WebGIS portal in effective dissemination and presentation of ecological information |
| | 4:30 PM | Aditya Singh | Mapping Habitat Suitability for the Tiger (Panthera tigris) and its associated prey base in the Chandoli WLS, Maharashtra |
| | 4:45 PM | Kavitha A | Indigenous trees, greening rural schools and environmental education program |
| | 5:00 PM | Savitha Swamy | Building the Urban Biodiversity using the Flagship Image of Butterfly: a small step towards reconciliation ecology |
| | 5:15 PM | Awani Saraogi | Spreading the message of conservation |
