Publications on Conservation and the Environment in Central India
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| Bora, J. K., Awasthi, N., Kumar, U., Goswami, S., Pradhan, A., Prasad, A., … Jhala, Y. V. (2020). Assessing the habitat use, suitability and activity pattern of the rusty-spotted cat Prionailurus rubiginosus in Kanha Tiger Reserve, India. Mammalia. | https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2019-0032 |
| Neelakantan, A., Defries, R., Krishnamurthy, R. (2019)Resettlement and landscape-level conservation : Corridors, human-wildlife conflict, and forest use in Central India. Biological Conservation | DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.033 |
| Dutta, T., Sharma, S., DeFries, R. (2018)Targeting restoration sites to improve connectivity in a tiger conservation landscape in India. PeerJ | DOI 10.7717/peerj.5587 |
| Thatte, P., Joshi, A., Vaidyanathan, S., Landguth, E., Ramakrishnan, U. (2018) Maintaining tiger connectivity and minimizing extinction into the next century: Insights from landscape genetics and spatially-explicit simulations. Biological Conservation | Please contact author. |
| Kolipaka, S. S. (2017) Assessing Change To A Human-Tiger Coexistence Scenario Using Theory LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. | Publisher’s Website |
| Joshi, P., Watve, M. (2016) Non-palatable medicinal plants as a solution to crop raiding by wild herbivores around protected areas. Journal of Ecological Society:27-32. | Please contact author. |
| Kolipaka, S. S., Tamis, W. L. M., van ‘t Zefde, M., Persoon, G. A., de Iongh, H. H. (2017) New insights into the factors influencing movements and spatial distribution of reintroduced Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) in the human-dominated buffer zone of Panna Tiger Reserve, India Mammalia DOI 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0126. | Research Gate |
| Kolipaka, S. S., Tamis, W. L. M., van ‘t Zefde, M., de Iongh, H. H. (2017) Wild versus domestic prey in the diet of reintroduced tigers (Panthera tigris) in the livestock-dominated multiple-use forests of Panna Tiger Reserve, India PLoS ONE 12(4): e0174844. | PLOS One |
| Dhamorikar, A. H., Mehta, P., Bargali, H., Gore, K. (2017) Characteristics of human - sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) encounters and the resulting human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India PLoS ONE 12(4):e0176612 | PLOS One |
| Ramanujam, R. V. (2017) Forest Rights in Baiga Chak, Madhya Pradesh Economic and political weekly 52(25 & 26):47-50. | Research Gate |
| Agarwala M, DeFries RS, Qureshi Q, Jhala Y V (2016) Changes in the dry tropical forests in Central India with human use. Reg Environ Chang 16:5-15. | DOI:10.1007/s10113-015-0903-1 |
| Awasthi N, Kumar U, Qureshi Q, et al (2016) Effect of human use, season and habitat on ungulate density in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India. Reg Environ Chang 16:31-41. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Borah, J, Jena, J, Yumnam, B, and Puia, L (2015) Carnivores in corridors: estimating tiger occupancy in Kanha–Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India. Reg Environ Chang 16:43-52. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Clark B, DeFries R, Krishnaswamy J (2016) Intra-annual dynamics of water stress in the central Indian Highlands from 2002 to 2012. Reg Environ Chang 16:83-95. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| DeFries R, Mondal P, Singh D, et al (2016) Synergies and trade-offs for sustainable agriculture: Nutritional yields and climate-resilience for cereal crops in Central India. Glob Food Sec 11:44-53. | Research Gate |
| Defries R, Sharma S, Dutta T (2016) A landscape approach to conservation and development in the Central Indian Highlands. Reg Environ Chang 16:83–95. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Dutta, T, Sharma, S, McRae, BH, Roy, PS, and DeFries, R (2016) Connecting the dots: mapping habitat connectivity for tigers in central India. Reg Environ Chang 16:53–67. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Fleischman, F. (2016) Understanding India’s forest bureaucracy: a review. Reg Environ Chang 16:153–165. *Special issue* | DOC / DOI:10.1007/s10113-015-0844-8 |
| Jain, M, Mondal, P, DeFries, RS, Small, C, and Galford, G.L (2013) Mapping cropping intensity of smallholder farms: A comparison of methods using multiple sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment 134: 201-223. | Research Gate |
| Kashwan P (2016)Power asymmetries and institutions: landscape conservation in central India. Reg Environ Chang 16:97-109. | Research Gate |
| Macura B, Secco L, Pisani E, et al (2016) All that glitters is not gold: the effect of top-down participation on conservation knowledge, attitudes and institutional trust in a Central Indian tiger reserve. Reg Environ Chang 16:125-140. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Miller, JRB, Jhala, YV, and Jyoti, J (2016) Livestock losses and hotspots of attack from tigers and leopards in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Central India. Reg Environ Chang 16:17-29. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Mohan, D. (2014) Analysis of long-term wheat varieties for climate resilience and productivity oscillation in different environments of India. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 74:430. | Research Gate |
| Mondal, P, Jain, M, DeFries, RS, Galford, GL, and Small, C (2015) Sensitivity of crop cover to climate variability: Insights from two Indian agro-ecoregions. Journal of Environmental Management 148: 21–30. | Research Gate |
| Mondal, P, Jain, M, Robertson, AW, Galford, GL, Small, C, and DeFries, RS (2014) Winter crop sensitivity to inter-annual climate variability in central India. Climate Change 126: 61-76. | |
| Mondal P, Jain M, Zukowski M, et al (2016) Quantifying fluctuations in winter productive cropped area in the Central Indian Highlands. Reg Environ Chang 16:69-82. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Murali J, Afifi, T (2014) Rainfall variability, food security and human mobility in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh state, India. Climate and Development 6:28-37. | Research Gate |
| Pathak, H, Pramanik, P, Khanna, M, and Kumar, A (2014) Climate change and water availability in Indian agriculture: Impacts and adaptation. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 84:671-679. | Research Gate |
| Prasad, R., Pandey, A. K., Newaj, R., Dhyani, S. K., Saroj, N. K., and Tripathi, V. D. (2014) Risk and vulnerability due to climate change and adaptation initiatives for agricultural resilience in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, central India. Range Management and Agroforestry 35:157-162. | Research Gate |
| Read DJ (2016) Legitimacy, access, and the gridlock of tiger conservation: lessons from Melghat and the history of central India. Reg Environ Chang 16:141-151. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Seidensticker J (2016) Biodiversity resilience in the Central Indian Highlands is contingent on maintaining and recovering landscape connectivity: the tiger as a case study. Reg Environ Chang 16:167–179. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Sekar N (2016) Tigers, Tribes, and Bureaucrats: the voluntariness and socioeconomic consequences of village relocations from Melghat Tiger Reserve, India. Reg Environ Chang 16:111-123. *Special issue* | Research Gate |
| Subash, N., Gangwar, B., Singh, S., Koshal, A. K., and Kumar, V. (2014) Long-term yield variability and detection of site-specific climate-smart nutrient management practices for rice–wheat systems: an empirical approach. The Journal of Agricultural Science 152:575-601. | Research Gate |
| Dutta, T., Sharma, S., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) Fine-scale population genetic structure in a wide-ranging carnivore, the leopard (Panthera pardus) in central India. Diversity and Distributions 719: 760–771. | Research Gate |
| Dutta, T., Sharma, S., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., and Seidensticker, J. (2012) A reliable method for individual identification and gender determination of wild leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) using non-invasive samples. Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 665-667. | Research Gate |
| Dutta, T., Sharma, S., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) Gene flow and demographic history of leopards (Panthera pardus) in the central Indian highlands. Evolutionary Applications. 6: 949–959. | Research Gate |
| Gour, D. S., Bhagavatula, J., Bhavanishankar, M., Reddy, P. A., Gupta, J. A., Sarkar, M. S., Hussain, S. M., Harika, S., Gulia, R., and Shivaji, S. (2013) Philopatry and dispersal patterns in Tiger (Panthera tigris). PLoS ONE 8: e66956. | Plos One |
| Joshi, A., Vaidyanathan, S., Mondol, S., Edgaonkar, A., and Ramakrishnan, U. (2013) Connectivity of Tiger (Panthera tigris) Populations in the Human-Influenced Forest Mosaic of Central India. PloS one 8: e77980. | Plos One |
| Mondol S., Karanth K. U., Ramakrishnan, U. (2009) Why the Indian subcontinent holds the key to global tiger recovery. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000585. | Plos One |
| Sharma, S., Dutta, T., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) A highly informative microsatellite panel for individual identification and sex determination of jungle cats (Felis chaus). Conservation Genetics Resources 5: 863-866. | Research Gate |
| Sharma, S., Dutta, T., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2015) Genetic variation, structure, and gene flow in a sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) meta-population in the Satpura-Maikal Landscape of Central India. PLoS ONE 10: e0123384. | Plos One |
| Sharma, S., Dutta, T., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) Forest corridors maintain historical gene flow in a tiger metapopulation in the highlands of central India. Proc. R. Soc. B. 280: 20131506. | Research Gate |
| Sharma S., Dutta T., Maldonado J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) Selection of microsatellite loci for genetic monitoring of sloth bears. Ursus 24: 164–169. | Research Gate |
| Sharma, S., Dutta, T., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, J. (2013) Spatial genetic analysis reveals high connectivity of tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the Satpura-Maikal landscape of Central India. Ecology and Evolution 3: 48-60. | Research Gate |
| Yumnam B, Jhala Y V., Qureshi Q, Maldonado JE, Gopal R, Saini S, Srinivas Y., and Fleischer RC. (2014) Prioritizing tiger conservation through landscape genetics and habitat linkages. PLos ONE 9: e111207. | Plos One |
| DeFries, R., Karanth, K. K., and Pareeth, S. (2010) Interactions between protected areas and their surroundings in human-dominated tropical landscapes. Biological Conservation 143: 2870-2880. | Research Gate |
| Karanth, K. K., and DeFries, R. (2010) Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management. Conservation Letters 4: 137-149. | Research Gate |
| Karanth, K. K., DeFries, R., Srivathsa, A., and Sankaraman, V. (2012) Wildlife tourists in India's emerging economy: potential for a conservation constituency? Oryx 4: 382-390. | Research Gate |
| Mondal, P., and Southworth, J. (2010) Evaluation of conservation interventions using a cellular automata-Markov model. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 1716-1725. | Research Gate |
| Mondal, P., and Southworth, J. (2010) Protection vs. commercial management: Spatial and temporal analysis of land cover changes in the tropical forests of Central India. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1009-1017. | Research Gate |
| Rathore, C. S., Dubey, Y., Shrivastava, A., Pathak, P,. and Patil, V. (2008) Promoting eco-tourism to conserve wildlife corridors: A strategy for the Kanha – Pench Landscape in India. The Tourism Development Journal 5&6: 1-17. | Research Gate |
| Ahmed, R. A., Prusty, K. Jena, J., Dave, C., Das S. K. R., Sahu, H. K., and Rout S. D. (2012) Prevailing human carnivore conflict in Kanha-Achanakmar Corridor, Central India. World Journal of Zoology 7: 158-164. | Open Access |
| Chauhan, N. (2011) Man-eating and cattle-lifting by tigers and conservation implications in India.8th European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference 432: 178–179. | Open Access |
| Dhanwatey, H. S., Crawford, J. C., Abade, L. A.. S., Dhanwatey, P. H., Nielsen, C. K., and Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2013) Large carnivore attacks on humans in central India: a case study from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Oryx 47: 221–227. | Research Gate |
| Karanth, K. K., Gopalaswamy, A. A., DeFries, R., and Ballal, N. (2013) Assessing patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and compensation around a central Indian protected area. PLoS ONE 7: e50433. | Plos One |
| Karanth K. K., Naughton-Treves L., DeFries R. S., and Gopalaswamy A. M. (2013) Living with wildlife and mitigating conflicts around three Indian protected areas. Environmental Management 52: 1320–1332. | Research Gate |
| Kolipaka, S. S., Persoon, G. A., Iongh, H. H. de, and Srivastava, D. P. (2015) The influence of people's practices and beliefs on conservation: A case study on human-carnivore relationships from the multiple use buffer zone of the Panna Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Human Ecology 52: 192-207. | Free Download |
| Miller, J. R. B. (2015) Mapping attack hotspots to mitigate human–carnivore conflict: approaches and applications of spatial predation risk modeling. Biodiversity and Conservation 24:2887-2911. | Research Gate |
| Miller, J. R. B., Jhala, Y. V., Jyoti, J. and Schmitz, O.J. (2015) Landscape-scale accessibility of livestock to tigers: implications of spatial grain for modeling predation risk to mitigate human–carnivore conflict. Ecology and Evolution 5(6):1354-1367. | Research Gate |
| Miller, J.R.B., Jhala, Y.V., Jena, J. and Schmitz, O.J. (2016) Human perceptions mirror realities of carnivore attack risk for livestock: Implications for mitigating human-carnivore conflict. PLOS ONE 11:e0162685. | Plos One |
| Pragatheesh, A. (2011) Effect of human feeding on the road mortality of Rhesus Macaques on National Highway-7 routed along Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3: 1656-662. | Free Download |
| Pragatheesh, A., and Rajvanshi, A. (2013) Spatial patterns and factors influencing the mortality of snakes on the National Highway-7 along Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaOecologia Australis 17: 20-35. | Free Download |
| Zabel, A., Engel, S. (2010) Performance payments : A new strategy to conserve large carnivores in the tropics? Ecological Economics 70: 405–412. | Research Gate |
| Agarwal, S, Nagendra H, Ghate R. (2016) The Influence of Forest Management Regimes on Deforestation in a Central Indian Dry Deciduous Forest Landscape. Land 5:1-16. | Open Access |
| Agarwala M, DeFries RS, Qureshi Q, Jhala Y V. (2016) The Influence of Forest Management Regimes on Deforestation in a Central Indian Dry Deciduous Forest Landscape.Environ. Res. Lett. 11:105008. | Open Access |
| Mondal, P. (2011) Quantifying surface gradients with a 2-band Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI2). Ecological Indicators 11: 918-924. | Research Gate |
| Rathore, C. S., Dubey, Y., Shrivastava, A., Pathak, P., and Patil V. (2012) Opportunities of habitat connectivity for tiger (Panthera tigris) between Kanha and Pench National Parks in Madhya Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE 7: e39996. | Plos One |
| Deshingkar, P., Sharma, P., Kumar, S., Akter, S., and Farrington, J. (2008) Circular migration in Madhya Pradesh: changing patterns and social protection needs. European Journal of Development Research 20:612–628. | Research Gate |
| Nayak, S., Jena, J., and Dave, C. (2013) Impact of cattle grazing on wild ungulate habitat in Kanha-Pench Corridor, Madhya Pradesh.World Journal of Zoology 8:354-365. | Free Download |
| Veron, R., and Fehr, G. (2011) State power and protected areas: Dynamics and contradictions of forest conservation in Madhya Pradesh, India. Political Geography 30:282-293. | No Free Download |
| Schmiedel, U., Araya, Y., Bortolotto, M. I., Boeckenhoff, L., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D., Kolipaka, S. S., Novotny, V., Palm, M., Parfondry, M., Smanis, A., and Toko P. (2016) Contributions of paraecologists and parataxonomists to research, conservation, and social development. Conservation Biology 30: 506-519. | Research Gate |
| Sharma, S., Jhala, Y. V., and Sawarkar, V. B. (2005) Identification of individual tigers (Panthera tigris) from their pugmarks. Journal of Zoology. 267: 9–18. | Research Gate |
| Sharma, S., Jhala, Y. V., and Sawarkar, V. B. (2003) Gender discrimination of tigers by using their pugmarks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 258-264. | Research Gate |
