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Network for Conserving Central India

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Publications on Conservation and the Environment in Central India

Below are publications from our members. Please email us if you wish to submit a paper to be featured here. More publications can be found on our ResearchGate Project website.

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Shukla, J., Dhyani, S., Pujari, P., Mishra, A. and Verma, P.(2022) Impact of agriculture intensification on forest degradation and tree carbon stock; Promoting multi‐criteria optimization for restoration in Central India . Land Degradation & Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4375
Dutta, T., Sharma, S., Meyer, N.F., Larroque, J. and Balkenhol, N., 2022.. An overview of computational tools for preparing, constructing and using resistance surfaces in connectivity research. . Landscape Ecology, pp.1-30 https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10980-022-01469-x
Schoen, J. M., Neelakantan, A., Cushman, S. A., Dutta, T., Habib, B., Jhala, Y. V., ... & DeFries, R. (2022). Synthesizing habitat connectivity analyses of a globally important human‐dominated tiger‐conservation landscape. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13909
Jain, M., Fishman, R., Mondal, P., Galford, G.L., Bhattarai, N., Naeem, S., Lall, U., Balwinder-Singh and DeFries, R.S., 2021. Groundwater depletion will reduce cropping intensity in India. Science advances, 7(9), p.eabd2849. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd2849
Yadav, S., Bhattacharya, P., Areendran, G., Sahana, M., Raj, K. and Sajjad, H., 2021. Predicting impact of climate change on geographical distribution of major NTFP species in the Central India Region. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, pp.1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-01074-4
Peteneinuo Patricia, Suchitra Acharya, Tripti Pal Verma, Akash Sharma and Pradeep Chaudhry. 2021. Ecotourism opportunities and conservation challenges: A case study involving some lesser-known protected areas of central India landscape Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.CQYG2084. https://doi.org/10.53562/ajcb.CQYG2084
Clark, B., DeFries, R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). India’s Commitments to Increase Tree and Forest Cover: Consequences for Water Supply and Agriculture Production within the Central Indian Highlands. Water, 13(7), 959.. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070959
Khanwilkar Sarika, Gould Carlos, DeFries Ruth, Habib Bilal and Urpelainen Johannes. 2021. Firewood, forests, and fringe populations: Exploring the inequitable socioeconomic dimensions of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) adoption in India. Energy Research & Social Science. 75. 102012.doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102012
Baquié, S., Urpelainen, J., Khanwilkar, S., Galletti, C. S., Velho, N., Mondal, P., & DeFries, R. (2021). Migration, assets, and forest degradation in a tropical deciduous forest of South Asia. Sensitivity of Seasonal Migration to Climatic Variability in Central India.. Ecological Economics, 181, 106887.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106887
Choksi, Pooja, Deepti Singh, Jitendra Singh, Pinki Mondal, Harini Nagendra, Johannes Urpelainen, and Ruth Defries. 2021. Sensitivity of Seasonal Migration to Climatic Variability in Central India.. Environmental Research Letters 16(6). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac046f.. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac046f
DeFries, R., Agarwala, M., Baquie, S., Choksi, P., Khanwilkar, S., Mondal, P., ... & Uperlainen, J. (2021). Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests.. Biotropica. DOI: 10.1111/btp.12978. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12978
Nair, A. K., Raut, M. B., Ashraf, M., & Thanekar, R. (2021). Collection and Distribution of Mahua (Madhuca longifolia), Tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon) and other NTFP's in Critical Tiger Connectivity Corridor of Maharashtra. Indian Forester, 147(4), 374-394. http://indianforester.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/151892
Neelakantan Amrita, Rithe Kishore, Tabor Gary, DeFries Ruth. (2021). Pathways towards people-oriented conservation in a human-dominated landscape: the network for conserving Central India. Ecosystems and People. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2021.1955745
Mondal Pinki, DeFries Ruth, Clark Jessica, Flowerhill Nicole, Arif Md., Harou Arelie, Downs Shauna, Fanzo Jessica. (2021). Multiple cropping alone does not improve year-round food security among smallholders in rural India. Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac05ee
Puri Mahi, Pienaar Elizabeth F., Karanth Kriti K., Loiselle Bette A., (2021). Food for thought—examining farmers' willingness to engage in conservation stewardship around a protected area in central India. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12544-260246
Neelakantan Amrita, DeFries Ruth, Fanzo Jessica. (2020). Food Security and livelihoods of post-resettlement households around Kanha National Park. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243825
Daniel J. Read, Bilal Habib, Jared Stabach, Peter Leimgruber. (2021). Human movement influenced by perceived risk of wildlife encounters at fine scales: Evidence from central India. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108945
Rajashekhar Niyogi, Mriganka Shekhar Sarkar, Poushali Hazra, Masidur Rahman, Subham Banerjee, Robert John. (2021). Habitat Connectivity for the Conservation of Small Ungulates in A Human-Dominated Landscape. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10030180
Arash Ghoddousi, Erin K.Buchholtz, Alia M.Dietsch, Matthew A.Williamson, Sandeep Sharma, Niko Balkenhol, Tobias Kuemmerle, Trishna Dutta. (2021). Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.003
C. S. Abhijitha, G. Areendran, Krishna Raj, Pamposh Bhat, Mehebub Sahana. (2020). Habitat Linkages for Asian Elephants in Central Indian Landscape . SpringerLink. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49115-4_4
Tarun Kumar Thakur, D.K.Patel, Joystu Dutta, Anirudh Kumar, Sandeep Kaushik, Arvind Bijalwan,Mohammed S.Fnais, Kamal Abdelrahman,Mohammad Javed Ansar. (2021). Assessment of decadal land use dynamics of upper catchment area of Narmada River, the lifeline of Central India. Journal of King Saud University - Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2020.101322
Divya Gupta, Sharachchandra Lele, Geetanjoy Sahu. (2020). Promoting a responsive state: The role of NGOs in decentralized forest governance in India. Forest Policy and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102066
Akanksha Saxena, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Asha Rajvanshi, Bilal Habib. (2020). Integrating large mammal behaviour and traffic flow to determine traversability of roads with heterogeneous traffic on a Central Indian Highway. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75810-2
Tikli Loivaranta. (2019). Post‐human lawscapes of Indigenous community forests in Central India. The Geographical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12342
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
Chatterjee N, Nigam P, Habib B (2020) Population density and habitat use of two sympatric small cats in a central Indian reserve.PLoS ONE 15(6): e0233569. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233569
Defries, R., Agarwala, M., Baquie, S., Choksi, P., Dogra, N., Preetha, G. S., … Urpelainen, J. (2020). Post-lockdown Spread of COVID-19 from Cities to Vulnerable Forest-Fringe Villages in Central India, 1–20. Accepted PDF
Devi, R. M., Patasaraiya, M. K., Sinha, B., Bisaria, J., & Dimri, A. P. (2020). Analyzing precipitation and temperature trends of Kanha and Satpura Tiger Reserve, Central India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 140(3–4), 1435–1450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03134-2
Jayadevan, A., Nayak, R., Karanth, K. K., Krishnaswamy, J., DeFries, R., Karanth, K. U., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2020). Navigating paved paradise: Evaluating landscape permeability to movement for large mammals in two conservation priority landscapes in India.Biological Conservation, 247, 108613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108613
Nayak, R., Karanth, K. K., Dutta, T., Defries, R., Karanth, K. U., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2020). Bits and pieces: Forest fragmentation by linear intrusions in India. Land Use Policy, 104619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104619
Neelakantan, A., DeFries, R., Sterling, E., & Naeem, S. (2020). Contributions of financial, social and natural capital to food security around Kanha National Park in central India. Regional Environmental Change, 20(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01589-7
Puri, M., Srivathsa, A., Karanth, K. K., Patel, I., & Kumar, N. S. (2020). The balancing act: Maintaining leopard-wild prey equilibrium could offer economic benefits to people in a shared forest landscape of central India.Ecological Indicators, 110, 105931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105931
Qadir, Abdul, & Mondal, P. (2020). Synergistic Use of Radar and Optical Satellite Data for Improved Monsoon Cropland Mapping in India. Remote Sensing, 12(3), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030522
Thatte, P., Chandramouli, A., Tyagi, A., Patel, K., Baro, P., Chhattani, H., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2020). Human footprint differentially impacts genetic connectivity of four wide‐ranging mammals in a fragmented landscape.Diversity and Distributions, 26(3), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13022
Asmita Kabra (2019) Caste in Stone? Exploring Caste and Class Dimensions of Conservation Displacement in Central India. Journal of Contemporary Asia https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2019.1696877
Davis, K. F., Chhatre, A., Rao, N. D., Singh, D., Ghosh-Jerath, S., Mridul, A., … DeFries, R. (2019). Assessing the sustainability of post-Green Revolution cereals in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(50), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910935116
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
Rao, N. D., Poblete-Cazenave, M., Bhalerao, R., Davis, K. F., & Parkinson, S. (2019). Spatial analysis of energy use and GHG emissions from cereal production in India.Science of the Total Environment, 654, 841–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.073
Srivathsa, A., Puri, M., Karanth, K. K., Patel, I., & Kumar, N. S. (2019). Examining human–carnivore interactions using a socio-ecological framework: sympatric wild canids in India as a case study. Royal Society Open Science, 6(5), 182008. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182008
Velho, N., DeFries, R. S., Tolonen, A., Srinivasan, U., & Patil, A. (2019). Aligning conservation efforts with resource use around protected areas. Ambio, 48(2), 160–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1064-5
DeFries, R., Chhatre, A., Davis, K. F., Dutta, A., Fanzo, J., Ghosh-Jerath, S., … Smith, M. R. (2018). Impact of Historical Changes in Coarse Cereals Consumption in India on Micronutrient Intake and Anemia Prevalence. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 39(3), 377–392. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118783492
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.
Vandana Prasad, Anjum Farooqui, Srikanta Murthy, Omprakash S. Sarate and Sunil Bajpai (2018) Palynological assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, central India: Insights into early history of angiosperms and the terminal Cretaceous paleogeography of peninsular India. Cretaceous Research. Volume 86, Pages 186-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.004
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
Kolipaka, S. S. (2017) Assessing Change To A Human-Tiger Coexistence Scenario Using Theory LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Publisher’s Website
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
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 Research Gate
Miller, J., Linnell, J., Athreya, V., & Sen, S. (2017). Human–wildlife conflict in India. Addressing the source. 23-25, (November). Research Gate
Ramanujam, R. V. (2017) Forest Rights in Baiga Chak. Madhya Pradesh Economic and political weekly 52(25 & 26):47-50. Research Gate
Reddy, P. A., Cushman, S. A., Srivastava, A., Sarkar, M. S., & Shivaji, S. (2017). Tiger abundance and gene flow in Central India are driven by disparate combinations of topography and land cover. Diversity and Distributions, 23(8), 863–874. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12580
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) 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
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
Ahirwal, J and Subodh Kumar Maiti (2016). Assessment of soil properties of different land uses generated due to surface coal mining activities in tropical Sal (Shorea robusta) forest, India. CATENA, 140:155–163. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816216300455
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
Chundawat, R. S., Sharma, K., Gogate, N., Malik, P. K., TamimVanak, A. (2016). Size matters: Scale mismatch between space use patterns of tigers and protected area size in a Tropical Dry Forest. Biological Conservation 196, 146-153 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.004
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* DOI:10.1007/s10113-015-0844-8
Joshi, A. R., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E., Anderson, M. L., Olson, D., Jones, B. S., … Hahn, N. R. (2016). Tracking changes and preventing loss in critical tiger habitat. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501675. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501675
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.
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, 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
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
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
Morla, S., Shah, M., Kaore, M., Kurkure, N. V., Kumar, S. (2016). Molecular characterization of genotype XIIIb Newcastle disease virus from central India during 2006–2012: Evidence of its panzootic potential. Microbial Pathogenesis 99, 83-86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2016.08.005
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
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
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
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
Dutta, T., Sharma, S., McRae, B. H., Roy, P. S., & DeFries, R. (2015). Connecting the dots: mapping habitat connectivity for tigers in central India. Regional Environmental Change, 16(November), 53–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0877-z
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
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
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
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, 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. PDF
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
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
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
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
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., 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) 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. (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) 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
Sundararajan, R., Kalkonde, Y., Gokhale, C., Greenough, G.P. and Bang, A. (2013). Barriers to Malaria Control among Marginalized Tribal Communities: A Qualitative Study. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081966
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