Dr. Kamal Bawa
Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Founder President, ATREE
Co-founder, CISED


Research Interests

I am interested in developing new paradigms of conservation that take into account the need to alleviate poverty in biodiversity rich areas through sustainable use of biodiversity. I also remain interested in the sustainable use of ecosystem services including such provisioning services as non-timber forest products. Finally, my third distinct interest in sustainable studies is land use and land cover change and its impact on biodiversity.

I have recently led an initiative to define research priorities in tropical biology. I have also been a part of DIVERSITAS team that has developed a science plan for agrobiodiversity. At the regional level, I have led efforts to define research priorities in the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot.

Since I founded the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), and cofounded the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Environment and Development (CISED), I am particularly interested in institutional building to foster conservation and sutainability science.

Finally, I still pursue my basic interests in plant population biology. My current project in Costa Rica deals with evolution of breeding systems in Cordia and the impact of land use and land cover change on genetics and reproductive traits of plants.


  1. Brief Bio
  2. Curriculum Vitae
  3. Graduate Students
  4. Contact
 Sahyadris: India's Western Ghats - A Vanishing Heritage Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare

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Brief Bio

Kamal Bawa, an evolutionary ecologist and a conservation biologist, obtained his doctoral degree form Panjab University, India. He has held Bullard and Cabot Fellowships at Harvard University, and has also been named a Guggenheim Fellow as well as a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment. Currently, a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, Kamal Bawa, has published more than 160 papers, and edited eight books, monographs or special issues of journals. He is the editor-in-chief of Conservation and Society, an interdisciplinary journal in conservation, and also serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. He has served on many national and international advisory panels. He has been the President of the Association for Tropical Biology., and is a member of the board of several foundations. Kamal Bawa is the founder-president of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), a non-governmental organisation devoted to research, policy analysis, and education in India (www.atree.org). He is also a founder-trustee of the Center for Interdisciplinary studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, India (www.cised.org).


CURRICULUM VITAE

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Education:

  • Ph. D. Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, l967.
  • M.S. (Honors), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, l962.
  • B.S. (Honors), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, l960.
  • B.S. Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, l958.

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Professional Record:

  • 1996-present President, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environemnt. Bangalore, India.
  • 1996-present Distinguished Professor of Biology, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
  • 1989-1992 Chairman, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston.
  • 1981-1996 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
  • 1974-1981 Assistant Professor (1974-1977), Associate Professor (1977-1981) Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
  • 1973-1974 Research Fellow, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
  • 1967-1972 Postdoctoral Research Associate and Instructor, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • 1962-1967 Graduate Research Assistant, Botany Department, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.

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Honors/Awards:

  • 1972 Maria Moors Cabot and Charles Bullard Research Fellowships, Harvard University
  • 1981 Chancellor's Award for Distinction in Scholarship, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • 1984, 88, 96, 99 Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • 1987-1988 Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1991-1994 Research Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • 1991-1996 Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment
  • 1996- Distinguished Professorship, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • 2003- Honorary Fellow, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
  • 2007-P.N. Mehra Memorial Award in Botany

Offices Held in Professional Associations/Membership in Advisory Panels/Editorial Boards:

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Professional Associations

  • Convener, Action Group of the International Union of Forestry Research Organization (IUFRO) on the Reproductive Biology of Tropical Trees, 1975-1977
  • Councilor, Association for Tropical Biology, 1985-1987
  • Councilor, Society of Economic Botany, 2000-
  • President Elect, Association for Tropical Biology, 1999
  • President, Association for Tropical Biology, 2000
  • Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

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Advisory Panels

  • Panelist, National Science Foundation Advisory Panel on Undergraduate Research Participation, 1977, 1979
  • La Selva Advisory Committee, Organization for Tropical Studies, 1978-1985
  • Member, Forest Genetic Resources Work Group constituted by the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences on Global Management of Forest Genetic Resources, 1987-1989
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Friends of Lomas Barbudal (A Conservation Organization based in Costa Rica)
  • Member, NSF Advisory Panel on Conservation and Restoration Biology, 1991
  • Member, NSF Advisory Panel on Population Biology; 1993, 1994
  • Member, Program Advisory Committee, WWF Program on Socio-Economic Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss, 1997-1999
  • Leader, Review Team on Forest Genetic Resources, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy, 1998
  • Member, Advisory Committee W. L. Brown Center for Plant Genetics Resources, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis , Missouri. 2003-
  • Member, Review Panel, Center for Sustainability, Missouri Botanical Garden. 2006
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Boeard, TEAM Program, Conservation International. 2007-
  • Member, Science Committee, DIVERSITAS -Agrobiodiversity Group. 2006-
  • Member, U.S National Committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences, 2002 - 2008

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Editorial Boards

  • Associate Editor, Conservation Biology, 1987-1993
  • Associate Editor, Economic Botany, 1997-
  • Editorial Board, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 1986-1990
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Tree Sciences, 1986-1991
  • Editorial Board, Evolutionary Trends in Plants, 1987-1992
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 1992-
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 1993-1998
  • Editor in Chief, Conservation and Society 2001-

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Board Memberships

  • Member, Advisory Council, Foundation for Rehabilitation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India, 1998-
  • Member, Executive Board, Foundation for Rehabilitation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India, 1998-2000
  • Founder and Trustee, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore, India, 1996-
  • Founder and Trustee, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1996- (President 1996-1998)
  • Member, Board of Directors, New England Forestry Foundation. Groton, MA. 2000-2004
  • Member , Board of Advisors, Solutions Benefiting Life, Sudbury. MA. 2005-
  • Founder and Trustee, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2000 -

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Membership in Professional Societies:


New England Botanical Club, Association for Tropical Biology, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of American Naturalists, Ecological Society of America, Society for Conservation Biology, Society of Economic Botanists, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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Reviewer for:


American Journal of Botany, American Scientist, Ecology, Evolution, Forest Science, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, Silvae Genetica, Systematic Botany, Science, American Naturalist, Canadian Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Forest Sciences, Canadian Journal of Botany, Economic Botany, Biotropica, Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, Quarterly Review of Biology, Grana, Tropical Ecology, Oikos, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Nature, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, Taxon, Oecologia, Botanical Gazette, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Science, Biological Conservation, Environmental Conservation, and many more


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Reviewed Grant Proposals for:


National Science Foundation; Centre for Field Research; Organization for Tropical Studies; National Geographic Society, Save the Tiger Fund, MacArthur Foundation, and many more.


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Invited Participation in Professional Meetings:


  • Symposium: TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS, organized by the Ecological Society of America at the Annual AAAS Meetings in Mexico City, June 1973.
  • Symposium: VARIATION, BREEDING, AND CONSERVATION OF TROPICAL FOREST TREES, organized by the Linnean Society of London at Oxford, April 1975.
  • Symposium: TROPICAL TREES, sponsored by the Cabot Foundation (Fourth Cabot Symposium), Harvard University, April 1976. (Chaired a session; no paper presented). XVI IUFRO World Congress, Oslo, Norway, June-July 1976.
  • Symposium: MODERN TRENDS IN PLANT TAXONOMY, held at the National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, March 1978.
  • Symposium: REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS, held in Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1979.
  • Session: POPULATION DYNAMICS OF TROPICAL TREES, held at the Symposium of the International Society of Tropical Ecology, Kuala Lumpur, April 1979.
  • Symposium: TROPICAL ECOLOGY OF COSTA RICA, AIBS Meeting at Stillwater, Oklahoma, August 1979.
  • Symposium: EVOLUTION OF PATTERNS OF SEXUALITY, organizer and participant, 2nd International Congress in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology. Vancouver, B.C., July 1980.
  • Symposium: REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS, 27th Annual Systematics Symposium of the Missouri Botanical Garden, sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation, October 1980.
  • Symposium: SPECIATION IN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TREES, International Botanical Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 1981.
  • Symposium: POLLINATION AND EVOLUTION, International Botanical Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 1981.
  • Symposium: EVOLUTION OF DIOECY, AIBS Meeting at University Park, Pennsylvania, August, 1982.
  • Symposium: PERSPECTIVES IN POPULATION BIOLOGY OF TROPICAL FOREST TREES, organizer and participant, AIBS Meeting at University Park, Pennsylvania, August, 1982.
  • Symposium: ADVANCES IN CHROMOSOMAL CYTOLOGY AND SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY. Post-International Genetics Congress Symposium. Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, December, 1983.
  • Symposium: CHANGING CONCEPTS OF GEMETOPHYTIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN PLANTS. AIBS Meeting at Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1984.
  • Symposium: LABILE SEXUALITY IN PLANTS. AIBS Meeting at Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1984.
  • Symposium: TROPICAL FOREST REGENERATION: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA., July 1985.
  • Symposium: ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS, Guri, Venezuela, November l986.
  • Symposium: REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF TROPICAL FOREST PLANTS. Organizer and Participant Sponsored by MAB Program of UNESCO and The Decade of Tropics Program of IUBS. Bangi, Malapsia, June 1987.
  • Symposium: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN PLANTS. Organizer and Participant Sponsored by International Botanical Congress, Berlin, August 1987.
  • Symposium: SYNECOLOGY OF FLOWERS AND THEIR POLLINATORS. International Botanical Congress, Berlin, August 1987.
  • International Conference: REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED ECOSYSTEMS: A GLOBAL VIEW. Varanasi, India, December 1987.
    First Asian School on CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Bangalore, India, December 1987.
  • International Conference: RESEARCH IN PLANT SCIENCES AND ITS RELEVANCE TO FUTURE, Delhi, India, March 1988.
  • Symposium: TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF ORGANISMIC AND POPULATION BIOLOGY. Meeting organized to celebrate the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the Organization for Tropical Studies. Miami, June 1988.
  • International Workshop: EVOLUTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN THE TROPICS: THE ROLE OF ECOLOGICAL FACTORS. Workshop organized to celebrate the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the Organization for Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica, June 1988.
  • Symposium: GENETIC DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL FOREST TREES: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. AIBS Meeting at Davis, California, August 1988.
  • Symposium: BIOLOGY OF RARE PLANTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. St. Louis, Missouri, March 1989.
  • Symposium: CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 1990.
  • Workshop: RESEARCH AGENDA FOR BIODIVERSITY. Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts. June 1991.
  • Workshop: METHODS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS. Bangkok, Thailand. May 1992.
  • Symposium: CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE HIMALAYS. G.B. Plant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora, India. October 1992.
  • Symposium: GENETIC CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTION OF SEED IN TROPICAL FOREST TREES. Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 1993.
  • Symposium: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CONSERVATION. Kathmandu, Nepal. April 1994.
  • Symposium: MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL FORESTS. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 1994.
  • Symposium: MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF BIODIVERSITY. Chiang Mai, Thailand. August 1994.
  • Workshop: EXPERT CONSULTATION ON NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS. Yogjakarta, Indonesia. January 1995.
  • Workshop: PRIORITY SETTING FOR CONSERVATION IN ASIA. Baltimore, MD. April 1995.
  • Symposium: CLIMATE CHANGE AND TROPICAL FORESTS. San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 1995.
  • Workshop: IN SITU CONSERVATION OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES. Center for International Forestry Research. Bogor, Indonesia. November 1995.
  • Symposium: POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT. TATA Energy Research Institute. Washington, DC. March 1996.
  • Workshop: PERMANANT FOREST PLOTS AND BIODIVERSITY. Karnataka Forest Department. Bangalore, India. April 1996. (Keynote address)
  • SETTING PRIORITIES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY. World Wildlife Fund. New Delhi, India. April 1996.
  • Colloquium: INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: REVIEW OF THE BIPROSPECTING PROGRAM, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, July 1996.
  • Workshop: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: MONITORING AND VERIFICATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS FLOWS, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 1996.
  • International Conference: DIVERSITY AND ADAPATATION IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN A CHANGING WORLD. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. August 1996.
  • Workshop: BUILDING ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY WITHIN DEVELOPING NATIONS: RELEVANCE OF CORE PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE. Ecological Society of America / Society for Conservation Biology Annual Combined Meeting. August 1996.
  • Symposium: THINKING GLOBALLY AND WORKING GLOBALLY: ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FORM INTERREGIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES. ESA/ SCB Meetings. Providence, RI. August 1996.
  • Symposium: MEASURING CONSERVATION IMPACT: AN INTERDICIPLINARY APPROACH TO PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION. ESA/ SCB Meetings. Providence, RI. August 1996.
  • Plenary Lecture: Brazilian Genetics Congress, September, 1996.
  • Symposium: CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERISTY IN THE WESTERN GHATS. Salim Ali School of Ecology Centanary Symposium. November 1996.
  • Workshop: LAND USE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. International Workshop on Land Use and Land Cover Change. Himalaya Climate Center, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 1997.
  • Symposium: DEFORESTATION AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN WESTERN GHATS. MacArthur Grantees Meeting, Kunming, China, April 1997.
  • Symposium: BIODIVERSITY LOSSES: MAGNITUDE AND SOLUTIONS. AIBS Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 1997.
  • Symposium: LANDUSE CHANGE IN SOUTH ASIA. Meeting on Earth's Changing Land, Barcelona, Spain. March, 1998.
  • Symposium: GENE FLOW IN TROPICAL TREES. Annual Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology. July, 1998.
  • Symposium: DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND USE CHANGE. Paper on Data Requirements for Biodiversity Conservation, Barcelona, Spain. November 1997.
  • Symposium: COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION. International Conference on Medicinal Plants, Bangalore, India. February 1998.
  • Symposium: CONSERVATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES. International Congress of Genetics, Beijing, China. August, 1998.
  • Keynote Address: Fiftieth Brazilian Botanical Congress, July, 1999
  • Symposium: GLOBAL CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY: International Botanical Congress, St Loius, Missouri, August, 1999.
  • Symposium: FOREST FRAGMENTATION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY: International Botanical Congress, St Loius, Missouri, August, 1999.
  • Symposium: ETHNOECOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: International Botanical Congress, St Loius, Missouri, August, 1999.
  • Special Symposium: EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT: Univeristy of Minas geraias, minas gerias, Brazil. December, 1999.
  • International Conference: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. February, 2000.
  • Distinguished Lecture: SUSTAINABLE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL FORESTS. Biodiversity Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. April, 2000.
  • Workshop: CONSERVATION OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore. July, 2000.
  • Workshop: CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland. February, 2001.
  • Symposia: Invited participation in four symposia held at the international conference entitled Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, Bangalore, India. July, 2001.
  • Keynote Address: International Workshop entitled Integrated Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. CIAT, Cali, Colombia. August, 2001.
  • Symposium: Demography of Non Timbre Forest Product Species. Society for Economic Botany Annual Meetings, New York Annual Meeting, June 22-28, 2002, New York City.
  • Symposium: Land Use and Land Cover Change. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting , Panama City, Panama. July-August 2002.
  • Symposium: Non Timber Forest Products. Association for Tropical Biology and Annual Meeting, Panama City, Panama. July-August, 2002.
  • Organized a workshop on Research Priorities in Tropical Biology. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting, Panama City, Panama. July-August, 2002.
  • Organized a workshop on Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Loss on behalf of the U. S. National Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences, Washington, D. C. October 2002.
  • Organized a workshop on Research Priorities in Tropical Biology. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland. July, 2003.
  • Workshop on Greening of Agriculture organized by DIVERSITAS, Alexandria, Egypt. May 2004.
  • Regional Cooperation in Biodiversity Hotspots of the South Asian Region, Bangalore, India. September 2004
  • Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association. Montreal, June 2006
  • Invited Speaker, International Conference on Participatory Plant Breeding, Chennai, India, October, 2006
  • Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico, July 2007
  • IUBS (International Union of Biological Sciences) Conference: Biological Sciences for the 21st Century. Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in an Era of Global Change. Washington, DC, May 2007
  • Chair, Panel Discussion on Capacity Building, IUBS Conference: Biological Sciences for the 21st Century. Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in an Era of Global Change. Washington, DC, May 2007
  • Keynote Speaker, Association fro Tropical Biology and Conservation, Annual Meeting, Morelia, Mexico. August, 2007.
  • Invited Participant, Encyclopedia of Life Meetings, St. Louis. November , 2007
  • Invited Panelist, International Conference on Sustaining Biocultural Diversity. American Museum of Natural History, New York. April, 2008.
  • Invited Speaker, International Symposium on Agrobiodiversity. University of California, Davis. April 2008.

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Invited Lectures:


Harvard University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Tropical Ecology Group-Dartmouth College, Missouri Botanic Gardens, University of Connecticut, Punjab University (India), National Botanical REsearch Institute, Lucknow (India), Northeast Hill University, Shillong (India), University of New Hampshire, State University of New York-Stonybrook, University of Chicago, Rutgers University, New York Botanical Garden, University of Maine, Brown University, University of Delaware. Pondicherry University (India), Indian Institute of Science (India); University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (India), Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow (India), Oxford University (U.K.), University of St. Andrews (U.K.), Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh (U.K.), Clark University, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Tulane University.


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Awards and Grants: (from external sources)

  • 1969 OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies) Pilot Study Grant, Chromosome Numbers in Tropical Tree Species, $3,000.00.
  • 1970 OTS Pilot Study Grant, Breeding Systems of Tree Species of a Tropical Deciduous Forest, $3,000.00
  • 1970 National Science Foundation Grant, Breeding Systems of Tree Species of a Tropical Deciduous Forest, $20,000.00 (as a participating scientist.)
  • 1972 Charles Bullard and Maria Moors Cabot Research Fellowships in Forest Sciences at Harvard University.
  • 1975 National Science Foundation Grant (DEB 75-21018), Breeding Systems of Tree Species of a Tropical Rain Forest, $48,700.00 for 2 years.
  • 1976 National Science Foundation URP Grant (SMI 75-03852), Undergraduate Research Participation, $8,600.00 for 1 year.
  • 1977 National Science Foundation URP Grant (SMI 76-83985, Undergraduate Research Participation, $29,550.00 for 3 years (1977-1979).
  • 1977 Smithsonian Institution, Reproductive Biology of Tropical Forest Trees in India, $4,100.00.
  • 1978 National Science Foundation Grant (DEB 77-25558), Breeding Systems of Tree Species of a Tropical Rain Forest, $133,000.00 for 3 years (1978-1981)
  • 1979 National Science Foundation, Equipment Grant, $5,600.00 (NSF: $2,800.00; matching funds from University of Massachusetts, $2,800.00).
  • 1983 National Science Foundation, Genetic Variation in Tropical Forest Trees, $155,590 for 3 years (1982-1985).
  • 1983 Smithsonian Institution, Conversion Rates of Indian Forests, $9500 for one year.
  • 1984 Agency for International Development. Population biology of tropical plants in relation to conservation and domestication. $150,000 for 3 years, co-principal investigator with Dr. Peter Ashton of Harvard University and Drs. N. and S. Gunatilleke of the University of Peradeniya of Sri Lanka.
  • 1985 National Science Foundation, Equipment to support research in population genetics, $30,000.
  • 1987 National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates. $40,000.
  • 1987 Guggenheim Fellowship.
  • 1988 Agency for International Development. Understanding the maintenance of tree species richness for silvicultural and conservation management. $150,000 for 3 years (co-principal Investigator with Dr. Peter Ashton of Harvard University and Drs. N. and S. Gunatilleke of University of Peradeniya of Sri Lanka).
  • 1990 National Science Foundation, Genetic Variation, effective population size, mating systems and gene flow in tropical rain forest trees. $303,000 for 3 years.
  • 1990 Conservation Food and Health Foundation. Conservation and Management of Tropical Forest Genetic Resources, $10,000.
  • 1991 Pew Scholarship, Pew Scholars Program in Conservation and the Environment, Conservation and Management of Forest Genetic Resources. $150,000 for 3 years.
  • 1991 MacArthur Foundation and Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, India. Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity in the Western Ghats, $275,000 for 3 years
  • 1991 Educational Foundation of America. Rainforest Collaboration - An Educational Project. $175,000 (Joan Tonn, Principal Investigator).
  • 1993 World Wildlife Fund. Conservation of Biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India. $50,000 for one year.
  • 1994 National Science Foundation. Conservation Genetics of Tropical Forestries. $275,000 for 3 years.
  • 1994 MacArthur Foundation. Conservation of Biodiversity in the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas. $360,000 for 3 years.
  • 1995 World Wildlife Fund. An integrated Approach Towards the Management of Tropical Forests for Extraction on Non-timber Forest products. $610,000 for 3 years.
  • 1995 National Institutes of Health. Bioprospecting for Potential Insecticides. $120,000 for 3 years.
  • 1995 National Science Foundation. Graduate Research Training Grant. $525,000 for 5 years. (Michael Rex, Principal Investigator).
  • 1996 International Plant Genetics Resources Institute. Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources in the Western Ghats. $30,000 for 2 years.
  • 1996 International Plant Genetics Resources Institute. In Situ Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources in Costa Rica. $25,000 for 2 years.
  • 1998 MacArthur Foundation. Research, Action, Policy Inputs, and Capacity Building for Biodiversity Conservation. 370,000 for 3 years.
  • 1998 MacArthur Foundation. Conservation of Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas - Small Grants Program. $200,000 for 3 years (Grant Awarded to Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Belmont, MA).
  • 1998 Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation. Institutional Resource Development. $23,000 including $11,000 in 1997 (Grant Awarded to Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Belmont, MA).
  • 1998 Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation. Impact of Human Populations on Biodiversity in Protected Areas of India. $12,000 for 2 years (Grant Awarded to Support the Doctoral Research of Mr. S. Jha).
  • 2000 Ford Foundation, New Delhi. Institutional Support for Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. $800,000 for three years.
  • 2000 National Science Foundation. Mentoring for minority students in Environmental Biology. $274,000 for three years. (Roger Wrubel, Principal Investigator).
  • 2001 National Science Foundation. Support for an international conference on Tropical Ecosystems. $50,000.
  • 2001 NSF-REU Program for Mentoring Minority Students in Environmental Biology and Conservation. $350,000. Three year grant. (Co-PI).
  • 2001 Ford Foundation, New Delhi, $30,000. Individual grant.
  • 2002 National Science Foundation. Support for a workshop on Research Priorities in Tropical Biology, $24,000.
  • 2002 Sehgal Family Foundation, $450,000. Three year grant on Checklist of India's plants.
  • 2002 National Science Foundation. Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on the Breeding Systems of Cordia. $350,000 for three years.
  • 2002 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Program. Sub-Global Assessment of Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas. $30,000 for one year.
  • 2003 Conservation International. Preparation of the Western Ghats Profile. $165,000 for one year.
  • 2004 Blue Moon Fund. Engaging Markets to Advance Conservation and Rural Livelihoods. $195,000 for three years.
  • 2005 Save the Tiger Fund. Conservation of Biological Diversity at the Manas World Heritage Biodiversity Site, Assam, India. $66,000 for one year.
  • 2007 JRS Biodiversity Foundation. Ecoinformatics for Conservation and Sustainable Use. $ 175,980 for two years

List of Publications (excluding published abstracts and book reviews)

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Books and Monographs

  1. Bawa, K. S., P. S. Ashton, R. B. Primack, J. Terborgh, F. Ng, S. M. Nor and M. Hadley. 1989. Reproduction Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants: Research Insights and Management Implication. Biology International Special Issue, Vol. 21. 56 pp.
  2. Bawa, K. S., and M. Hadley (eds.). 1990. Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants. UNESCO, Paris and Parthenon Publishing Group, Cranforth, U.K. 421 pp.
  3. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. 1991. Managing Forest Genetic Resources: Forest Trees. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 228 pp.
  4. McDade, L., K. S. Bawa, H. Hespenheide, G. Hartshorn (eds.). 1994. La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 488 pp.
  5. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. U. Shaanker, K. S. Bawa (eds). 2001 Forest Genetic Resources: Status, Threats and Conservation Strategies. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 317 pp.
  6. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. U. Shaanker, K. S. Bawa 2001(eds.). Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 792 pp.
  7. Seidler,R. and K.S. Bawa (eds). 2004. Dimensions of Sustainable Development. UNESCO. ELOSS. http://www.eolss.net/E1-46B-toc.aspx
  8. Kadur, S and K.S. Bawa. 2005. Sayhadris: India's Western Ghats. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India. 245pp.
  9. Jackson, L., U. Pascual, L. Brussard, P. de Ruiter and K.S. Bawa (eds.) Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Investing Without Losing Interests. Special Issue of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, July 2007

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Papers in Journals and Book Chapters:

  1. Mehra, P. N., and K. S. Bawa. 1968. B-Chromosomes in some Himalayan hardwoods. Chromosoma 25:90-95.
  2. Mehra, P. N., and K. S. Bawa. 1969. Chromosomal evolution in tropical hardwoods. Evolution 23:466-481.
  3. Bawa, K. S. and R. F. Stettler. 1969. Needed: information on breeding systems in tropical tree species. In: Proceedings of the Second World Consultation of Forest Tree Breeding. Washington, D.C. FO-FTB-69-8/13.
  4. Stettler, R. F., K. S. Bawa, and G. K. Livingston. 1969. Haploidy: an approach to the development of high-yielding varieties. In: Proceedings of the Second World Consultation on Forest Tree Breeding. Washington, D.C. FO-FTB-69-8/17.
  5. Stettler, R. F., K. S. Bawa, and G. K. Livingston. 1969. Experimental induction of haploid parthenogenesis in forest trees. In: Induced Mutations in Plants, 611-619, AO/IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
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  22. Bawa, K. S. 1979. Breeding systems of trees in a tropical lowland wet forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany (Special Issue) 17:521-524.
  23. Bawa, K. S., and J. E. Crisp. 1980. Wind-pollination in the understorey of a rain forest in Costa Rica. Journal of Ecology 68:871-876.
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  26. Bawa, K. S. 1980. Evolution of dioecy in flowering plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 11:15-39.
  27. Khosla, P. K., K. S. Bawa, A. S. Hans, and P. N. Mehra, 1980. Floristic account: East Himalayan forests. In: Studies in Himalayan Ecology and Development Strategies, ed. T. Singh, 89-103. English Book Store, New Delhi.
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  31. Bawa, K. S. 1982. Outcrossing and the incidence of dioecism in island floras. American Naturalist 119:866-871.
  32. Bawa, K. S. 1982. Seed dispersal and the evolution of dioecism in flowering plants-a response to Herrera. Evolution 36:1322-1325.
  33. Bolstad, P. V. and K. S. Bawa. 1982. Self incompatibility in Gmelina arborea L. (Verbenaceae). Silvea Genetica 31:19-21.
  34. Bawa, K. S., C. J. Webb, and A. F. Tuttle. 1982. The adaptive significance of monoecism in Cnidoscolus urens (Euphorbiaeceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 85:213-223.
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  37. Webb, C. J., and K. S. Bawa. 1983. Pollen dispersal by hummingbirds and butterflies: a comparative study of two lowland tropical plants. Evolution 37:1258-1270.
  38. Bawa, K. S., and C. J. Webb. 1983. Floral variation and sexual differentiation in Muntingia calabura (Elaeocarpaceae), a species with hermaphroditic flowers. Evolution 37:1271-1282.
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  53. Webb, C. J., and K. S. Bawa. 1985. Patterns of fruit and seed at production in Bauhinia ungulata (Leguminosae). Plant Systemics and Evolution 151:55-65.
  54. Seavey, S. R., and K. S. Bawa. 1986. Late-acting self-incompatibility in angiosperms. Botanical Review 52:195-219.
  55. Bawa, K. S., and D. O'Malley. 1987. Estuding geneticos y de sistemas de cruzamiento en algunas especies arboreus de bosques tropicales. Revista Tropical Biologia 35 (supplement):177-188.
  56. O'Malley, D. M., and K. S. Bawa. 1987. Mating system of a tropical rain forest tree. American Journal of Botany 74:1143-1149.
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  58. Buckley, D., D. M. O'Malley, V. Apsit, and G. T. Prance, K. S. Bawa. 1988. Genetics of brazil-nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl. Lecythidaceae) I. Genetic variation in natural populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 76:923-928.
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  73. Bawa, K. S. 1992. Colonialism, rural poverty and the use of forest resources. (extended book review). Conservation Biology 6:477-481.
  74. Bawa, K. S., and H. G. Wilkes. 1992. Who shall speak for biodiversity? Conservation Biology 6:473-474.
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  79. Godoy, R., and K. S. Bawa. 1993. The economic value and sustainable harvest of plants and animals from the tropical rain forest: assumptions, hypotheses, and methods. Economic Botany 47:215-219.
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  85. Murawski, D. A., B. Dayanandan, and K. S. Bawa. 1994. Outcrossing rates of two endemic Shorea sp. from Sri Lankan tropical rain forests. Biotropica 26:23-29.
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  88. Bawa, K. S., and L. McDade. 1994. Introduction. In: La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest, eds. L. McDade, K. S. Bawa, H. Hespenheide and G. Hartshorn, 3-5 University of Chicago Press.
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  92. Murawski, D. A., I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, and K. S. Bawa. 1994. The effect of selective logging on mating patterns of Shorea megistophylla (Dipteracarpacea) from Sri Lanka. Conservation Biology 8:997-1002.
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  94. Dulberger, R., M. B. Smith, and K. S. Bawa. 1994. The stigmatic orifice in Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Caesalpiniaceae): Morphological variation, function during pollination, and possible adaptive significance. American Journal of Botany 81:1390-1396.
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  102. Ganesh, T., R. Ganesan, P. Davidar, S. Devy, and K. S. Bawa. 1996. An assessment of plant biodiversity at a mid-elevation evergreen forest of Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Current Science 71:379-392.
  103. Hall, P., S. Walker, and K. S. Bawa. 1996. Effects of forest fragmentation on genetic diversity and mating systems in a tropical tree, Pithecellobium elegans. Conservation Biology 10:757-768.
  104. Hegde, R., S. Suryaprakash, L. Achot, and K. S. Bawa. 1996. Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 1. Contribution to rural income. Economic Botany 50:243-250.
  105. Murali, K. S., R. Uma Shaanker, K. N. Ganeshaiah, and K. S. Bawa. 1996. Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 2. Impact of NTFP extraction on regeneration, population structure, and species composition. Economic Botany 50:251-269.
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  108. Bawa, K. S., and M. Gadgil. 1997. Ecosystem services in subsistence economies and conservation of biodiversity. In: Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems, ed. G. Daily, 295-310. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
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  110. Bawa, K. S., and S. Dayanandan. 1997. Socioeconomic factors and tropical deforestation. Nature, 386:562-563.
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  114. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. Uma Shaanker, and K. S. Bawa. 1997. Diversity of species assemblages of islands: Predictions and their test using tree species composition of shola fragments. Current Science 73:188-194.
  115. Khan, M. L., S. Menon, and K. S. Bawa. 1997. Effectiveness of the protected area network in biodiversity conservation: A case study of Meghalaya state. Biodiversity and Conservation 6:853-868.
  116. Lele, S., K. S. Murali, and K. S. Bawa. 1997. Biodiversity conservation through community enterprise: an experiment in the BRT Sanctuary of Karnataka, India. In: Proceedings of the UNESCO Regional Workshop on Community -Based Conservation: Policy and Practice, 449-466. IIPA, New Delhi, February 1997.
  117. Menon, S., and K. S. Bawa. 1997. Applications of geographic information systems (GIS), remote-sensing, and a landscape ecology approach to biodiversity conservation in the Western Ghats. Current Science 73:134-145.
  118. Ramesh, B. R., S. Menon, and K. S. Bawa. 1997. A vegetation based approach to biodiversity gap analysis in the Agastyamalai region, Western Ghats, India. AMBIO 26:529-536.
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  121. Bawa, K. S., and R. Seidler. 1998. Natural forest management and conservation of biodiversity in tropical forests. Conservation Biology 12:46-55.
  122. Dayanandan, S., O. P., Rajora, and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96:950-956.
  123. Menon, S., and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Deforestation in the tropics: reconciling disparities in estimates for India. AMBIO 27:576-577.
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  125. Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. A., P. Gonzales-Quesada, S. Dayanandan, and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Are protected areas conserving biodiversity in the tropics? Conservation Biology 13:407-411.
  126. Uma Shankar, K., D. Lama, and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Ecosystem reconstruction through taungya plantations following commercial logging in dry mixed deciduous forest in Darjeeling Himalaya. Forest Ecology and Management 102:131-142.
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  136. Jha, C. S., S. Dutt, and K. S. Bawa. 2000. Deforestation in Western Ghats, India. Current Science 79:231-238
  137. Dayanandan, S., J. Dole, K. S. Bawa, and R. V. Kesseli. 1999. Population structure delineated with microsatellite markers in fragmented populations of a tropical tree, Carapa guianensis (Meliaceae). Molecular Ecology 8:1585-1592.
  138. Franceschinelli, E.V., and K. S. Bawa. 2000. The effect of ecological factors on the mating system of a South American shrub species (Helicters brevispira), Heredity 84:116-223
  139. Shankar, Uma, S. D. Lama, and K. S. Bawa. 2001. Ecology and Economics of Domestication of Non-Timber Forest Products: An Illustration of Broomgrass in Darjeeling Himalaya. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 13:171-191
  140. Bawa, K. S., R. U. Shaanker, and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2001. Conserving tropical forest genetic resources: Threats and mitigation strategies. In: Forest Genetic Resources: Status, Threats, and Conservation Strategies, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 303-307. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  141. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. U. Shaanker, and K. S. Bawa. 2001. Conservation of forest genetic resources of a region: Combining species-centered and ecosystem-based approaches. In: Forest Genetic Resources: Status, Threats, and Conservation Strategies, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 273-281. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  142. Shankar, U., S. D. Lama, and K. S. Bawa. 2001. Ecology and economics of domestication of non-timber forest products: An illustration of broomgrass in Darjeeling Himalaya. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 13:171-191.
  143. Bawa, K. S., J. Rose, K. N. Ganeshaiah, M. C. Kiran, B. Narayani, and R. U. Shaanker. 2001. Mapping biodiversity from the sky. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 523-525. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  144. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. U. Shaanker, N. Barve, M. C. Kiran, and K. S. Bawa. 2001. A regional approach for the conservation of the biological diversity of the Western Ghats. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 552-556. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  145. Lele, S., V. Srinivasan, and K. S. Bawa. 2001. Returns to investment in conservation: Disaggregated benefit-cost analysis of the creation of a wildlife sanctuary. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 31-33. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  146. Menon, S., K. S. Bawa, K. N. Ganeshaiah, and R. U. Shaanker. 2001. Land-use change and conservation priorities in the Western Ghats. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 549-551. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  147. Setty, R. S., K. S. Bawa, and J. Bommaiah. 2001. Participatory research monitoring for non-timber forest products in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple wildlife sanctuary, Karnataka, India. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 85-88. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  148. Sinha, A., and K. S. Bawa. 2001. Impacts of anthropogenic pressures on population dynamics, demography, and sustainable use of forest species in the Western Ghats, India. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare, eds. K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker and K. S. Bawa, 101-103. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  149. Sinha, A., and K. S. Bawa. 2002. Harvesting techniques, hemiparasites and fruit production in two non-timber forest tree species in South India. Forest Ecology and Management 168:289-300.
  150. Seidler, R. and K. S. Bawa. 2002. Uncertainty and biodiversity conservation. In: Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy, ed. J. Tickner, 175-192. Island Press
  151. Bawa, K. S., J. Rose, K. N. Ganeshaiah, N. Barve, M. C. Kiran, and R. Umashaanker. 2002. Assessing biodiversity from space: an example from the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Ecology 6:7. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss2/art7
  152. Ganeshaiah, K. N., R. Uma Shaanker, N. Barve, M. C. Kiran, K. S. Bawa, and V. Ramanatha Rao. 2002. In Situ conservation of forest genetic resources at regional level: Two complementary programs using GIS approach. In: Managing Plant Genetic Diversity, eds. J. M. M. Engels, V. Ramanatha Rao, A. H. D. Brown and M. T. Jackson, 413-423. CABI Pub. Wallingford, Oxon, UK.
  153. Bawa, K. S., H. Kang, and H. M. Grayum. 2003. Relationships among Time, Frequency, and Duration of Flowering in Tropical Rain Forest Trees. American Journal of Botany 90:877-887
  154. Kang, S. H., and K. S. Bawa. 2003. Effects of Successional Status, Habit, Sexual Systems, and Pollinators on Flowering Patterns in Tropical Rain Forest Trees. American Journal of Botany 90:865-876
  155. Shanker, Uma, S. Lama, and K. S. Bawa. 2003. Temporal patterns of commercial collection of non-timber forest products in Chel range of Darjeeling Himalaya. Forest, Trees and Livelihoods 13:115-135.
  156. Bawa, K. S. 2004. Impact of Global Changes on the Reproductive Biology of Trees in Tropical Dry Forests. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest, eds. G. W. Frankie, A. Mata and S. B. Vinson, 38-47. University of California, Berkeley.
  157. Frankie, G. W., W. A. Haber, S. B. Vinson, K. S. Bawa, P. S. Ronchi, and N. Zamora. 2004. Flowering Phenology and Pollination Systems Diversity in the Seasonal Dry Forest. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest, eds. G. W. Frankie, A. Mata and S. B. Vinson, 17-29. University of California, Berkeley.
  158. Bawa, K. S., P. H. Raven, and R. Seidler. 2004. Reconciling conservation paradigms. Conservation Biology 18:859-860.
  159. Bawa, K. S., W. J. Kress, N. Nadkarni, and S. Lele. 2004. Beyond Paradise-Meeting the Challenges in Tropical Biology in the 21st Century. Biotropica 36:437-446.
  160. Bawa, K. S., W. J. Kress, N. M. Nadkarni, S. Lele, P. H. Raven, D. H. Janzen, A. E. Lugo, P. S. Ashton, and T. E. Lovejoy. 2004. Tropical Ecosystems into the 21st Century. Science 306:227-230.
  161. Franceschinelli, E. V., K.S. Bawa, 2005. The post-fire effect on the outcrossing rate of Helicteres sacarolha St.H. (Sterculiaceae). Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 28: 163 - 170
  162. Jackson, L., K. S. Bawa, U. Pascual, and C. Perrings. 2005. agroBIODIVERSITY: A new science agenda for biodiversity in support of sustainable agroecosystems. DIVERSITAS report No. 4. 40pp.
  163. Shanker, K., Hiremath A., and K. Bawa. 2005. Linking biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in India. PLOS. 3:1878-1880.
  164. Seoane, C. E. S., P. Y. Kageyama, A. Ribeiro, R. Matias, M. S. D. Reis, K. S. Bawa, and A. M. Sebbenn. 2005. Efeitos da fragmentacao florestal sobre a imigracao de sementes e a estrutura genetica temporal de populacoes de Euterpe edulis Mart. Rev. Inst. Flor., Sao Paulo. 17:25-43.
  165. Bawa, K. S. 2006. Globally dispersed local challenges in conservation biology. Conservation Biology. 20:696-699.
  166. Jha, S., and K. S. Bawa. 2006. Population, human development and deforestation in tropical biodiversity hotspots. Conservation Biology 20:906-912.
  167. Perrings, C., L. Jackson, K. S. Bawa et al. (editorial). 2006. Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: saving natural capital without losing interest. Conservation Biology 20:263-264.
  168. Das, A., J. Krishnaswamy, K. S. Bawa, M.C. Kiran, V. Srinivas, N. Samba Kumar, and K. Ullas Karanth. 2006. Prioritization of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation. 133:16-31.
  169. Bawa, K. S. 2006. Hurdles for conservation science in India. Current Science. 91:8.
  170. Bawa, K. S. 2006. Conservation requires multiple approaches. Nature. 442:744
  171. Jackson, L. E. U. Pascual, L. Brussaard, P. de Ruiter, and K. S. Bawa. 2007. Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: investing without losing interest. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 121:193-195.
  172. Bawa, K. S., S. Setty and G. Joseph 2007. Poverty, biodiversity and institutions in forest-agriculture ecotones of the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalaya Ranges of India. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 121: 287-295.
  173. Jha, S, and K. S. Bawa 2007. The economic and environmental outcomes of microfinance projects: an Indian case study. Environment, Development and Sustainability 9:229-239
  174. Bawa, K. S., G. Balachander, and P. Raven. 2008. A case for new institutions. Science (editorial). 319: 136.

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