Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Full Name: Neelvara Ananthram Aravind Madhyastha
Present Address: N. A. Aravind, Suri Sehgal Centre for Conservation Science, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur PO, Bangalore- 560 0624, India.
Email: aravind@atree.org,
Web: www.atree.org/aravind.html

Academic Qualification

*'Ecology of land snails of Western Ghats'. Thesis submitted to Mangalore University, Mangalore.

Current Position

Fellow and Coordinator: August 2009- Till date with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

Previous Position

Research Associate: September 1998 to March 2001, with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

Senior Research Associate: April 2001 to December 2006, with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

Post Doctoral Fellow: 1st January 2007- 30th July, 2009, with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

Research Interests

I have been involved in studying taxonomy, diversity, distribution and endemism patterns in terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Western Ghats. I have involved in maintaining a large number of land and freshwater snails for the 'Frozen Arc' project, an international initiative to collect, preserve and store DNA and viable cells from animals in danger of extinction. 'Achatina Watch', a web-based people's initiative for mapping the distribution of African Giant Snail, is a program I run. My proposed work includes molecular phylogenetic analysis to assess evolutionary relation and faunal origin of Western Ghats' land and freshwater snails. I am also assessing the conservation value of freshwater molluscs of the Western Ghats and drivers of biodiversity loss in urban areas. Of late I am interested in data mining and ecological niche modeling in assessing the species distribution patterns.

Honors

Member: IUCN's Mollusc Specialist Group
Fellow: Linnean Society of London

Hobbies

• Painting and nature photography, bird and butterfly watching.

Fellowships/Grants/Memberships

Fellowships

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

Research Grants

• March 2001-December 2002. World Bank through Karnataka Forest Department. 'Assessment of Lesser known and functionally important taxa in Nagarahole National Park' in collaboration with others.
• April 2003- March 2004. International Foundation for Science, Sweden. 'Impact of land-use change on land snail assemblage in Western Ghats, India'.
• May 2006 to March 2009. Darwin Initiative Grant from DEFRA, Govt. of UK. 'Capacity building in Taxonomy of Land snails of south and South East Asia'.
• March February 2008 to January 2011. DST fast track Research Grant from Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt of India. 'Freshwater Mollusc of the Western Ghats: Status and Distribution'.

Travel Grants

• July 2004. Edda G. Sehgal Foundation: Travel grant to attend conference on 'World Congress of Malacology: Molluscan diversity- Land Freshwater and Marine', Perth, Australia
• November 2005. Society for Conservation Biology, USA: Travel grant to attend conference on 'Biodiversity Conservation in Asia: Current Status and Future Perspectives' Kathmandu, Nepal.
• May 2006. Natural History Museum, London: Travel grant to attend workshop on 'Capacity building in Taxonomy of Land snails of south and South East Asia' at Bangkok, Thailand.
• July 2007. Edda G. Sehgal Foundation: Travel grant to attend conference on 'World Congress of Malacology at Antwerp, Belgium.
• July 2007. Unitas Malacologica, USA: Travel grant to attend conference on 'World Congress of Malacology at Antwerp, Belgium.

Membership

1. Society for Conservation Biology (Washington, USA). 2002- Present
2. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (Washington, USA). 2002- Present
3. Society for Applied Ornithology (Hyderabad, India). 2002-2003
4. Focal Foto Club® (Udupi, India). 1995-Present
5. Artist's Forum® (Udupi, India). 1994-1998
6. Bombay Natural History Society (Mumbai, India). 2003- Present
7. International Bird Conservation Network (IBCN, Mumbai, India). 2003- Present
8. Unitas Malacologica, (USA). 2007- Present
9. Ecological Society of America. 2009- Present

Projects worked/Completed

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

Ongoing Projects

• Darwin Initiative Grant from DEFRA, Govt. of UK. 'Capacity building in Taxonomy of Land snails of south and South East Asia'.
• March February 2008 to January 2001. DST fast track Research Grant from Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt of India. 'Freshwater Mollusc of the Western Ghats: Status and Distribution'.

Field Experience

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

Conferences attended/Presentations/Talks

• Participated in the Basic Photographic Technique workshop conducted by Focal Foto Club® Udupi, Feb. 1990.
• Participated in First National Seminar on Changing Scenario of Bird Ecology and Conservation. Organized by Ornithological Society of India held at Bangalore, Nov. 1993.
• Attended meeting on Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Program held at Poornaprajna College, Udupi, Nov. 1994, organized by Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore.
• Attended meeting on Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Program held at American College, Madurai, April, 1995 organized by Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc., Bangalore.
• Attended the meeting on Documenting Biodiversity: An Experiment. At Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc. Bangalore from Oct 26 - 29, 1995.
• Delivered a lecture on 'Bird Communities of Western Ghats' at Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc., and Bangalore, October 1995.
• Attended Frontier Lecture on Recent Development in Genetics and Molecular Biology sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore and Dept. of Bio-sciences, Mangalore University, and September, 1996.
• Attended three-day workshop on the sampling of Aquatic macro invertebrates and fishes, held at Poornaprajna College, Udupi, sponsored by Dept. of Bio-technology, Govt. of India. May 1998.
• Attended the Interaction Meeting on Biodiversity and Conservation of B. R. Hills, held at ISWT, Bangalore organized by ATREE, KFD, and VGKK, Sept. 1998.
• Attend two-day workshop on photo journalism at MGM College, Udupi. Organized by Karnataka Patrika Academy. February 1999.
• Delivered a lecture on 'Sampling Freshwater Molluscs of Western Ghats', at Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala. Organized by Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc., Bangalore and DBT Govt. of India. June 2000.
• Attended National workshop on Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources: Research and Action plan. July 18-19, 2000, held at IWST, Bangalore. Sponsored by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome.
• Presented a poster on 'Mapping bird and butterfly diversity of BR Hills' at National Symposium on 'Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium'. December 15- 17, 2000, held at Mangalore University.
• Attended Methodology workshop on Bio-resource mapping. January 23- 25, 2001, held at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. Sponsored by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
• Presented a Poster on 'Anthropogenic pressures in a tropical forest ecosystem in Western Ghats, India: Are they sustainable? At 'Anthropogenic International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Held at Bangalore from July 15th-19th, 2001. Organized by ATREE and Association of Tropical Biology, USA.
• Participated and presented paper on 'Impact of Lantana invasion on Bird communities at MM Hills Reserved forest' at National Symposium on Avian biodiversity - issues and conservation strategies. Held at ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad, February 7-8, 2002.
• Presented a paper on 'Geographical distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India' at World Congress of Malacology held at University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, from July 11th-16th 2004.
• Presented a paper on 'Impact of Lantana camara invasion on plant assemblages at Male Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India' at National workshop on 'Alien invasive and biodiversity conservation in India' held at Banaras Hindu University, Banaras from August 17th to 20th 2004.
• Presented poster on 'Impact of disturbance on bird community in a tropical forest ecosystem in South India' tat First Asia Section Conference on 'Biodiversity Conservation in Asia: Current Status and Future Perspectives' Kathmandu, Nepal 17 -20, November 2005.
• Presented poster on 'Impact of anthropogenic disturbances on land snail diversity of wet evergreen forests of Western Ghats, India' at First Asia Section Conference on 'Biodiversity Conservation in Asia: Current Status and Future Perspectives' Kathmandu, Nepal 17 -20, November 2005.
• 'Land snail diversity in the Western Ghats' at National workshop on Assessment of Land snails, at Poorna Prajna College, Udupi, July, 2006.
• Presented a paper on 'Micro mollusk of the Western Ghats, India: Status, distribution and threats' at World Congress of Malacology held at University of Antwrep, Antwrep, Belgium, from July 15-20, 2007.

2008

• Chaired a session and delivered a talk on 'Freshwater Mollusc of the Western Ghats: Distribution and Threats' at Lake 2008, held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc Bangalore, 22-24th December 2008.
• 'Biodiversity Assessment Survey', At Biodiversity Assessment Workshop, Dept. of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore, February 14-16, 2008.
• 'Snail Bioresources' at Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources, ATREE Bangalore, May 19th 2008.
• 'Nature Photography' at Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources, ATREE Bangalore, May 19th 2008.

2009

• Attended International Canopy Conference held at Bangalore from 25-30th October, 2009
• Attended IUCN's Eastern Himalaya Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment workshop at Kathmandu from 22-26, July 2009.
• Delivered a lecture on 'Land and freshwater mollusks of the Western Ghats' for M.Sc. Wildlife Biology students, NCBS, Bangalore, August 2009
• Lectures at DNA Club, Ujre, Ankola, Dharwad and T. Narasipura on Butterflies, and Molluscs, September, 2008 and January 2009.
• Talk on 'Monitoring butterflies for conservation' at Urban Lake Monitoring and Management, CiSTUP, 23rd-25th September 2009.

2010

• Delivered a talk on Ecological Census Techniques at National Workshop on Quantitative Assessment of Biodiversity held at SRTM University, Nanded, Maharashtra, 26-27 Feb 2010
• Conducted hands on training on The use of PAST software for analyzing Biodiversity Data during National Workshop on Quantitative Assessment of Biodiversity held at SRTM University, Nanded, Maharashtra, 26-27 February 2010
• Keynote address on Impact of Climate change on species and communities at Bioscience Symposium on Global Warming and Sustainability of Civilization held at CRM Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore, 13th March 2010.
• 'Snail Bio resource' and 'Butterflies' at Vacational Training Program, ATREE, May 2010.
• 'Butterfly Monitoring' for University of Kansas Undergraduate Students, Bangalore, may 30th, 2010

Lectures at Universities

• Delivered a lecture at Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore for M.Sc students of 'Wildlife Conservation', December 26, 2002.
• Delivered lecture for B.Sc. (Agri) students, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore on 'Biodiversity Assessment', October, 2006.
• Delivered a three lecture at Department of Applied Zoology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga as a part of UGC sponsored Refresher Course for College and University Lectures on 'Urban Landscapes: Biodiversity Deserts?!; Conserving the Lesser Known: Land Snails of the Western Ghats; New Approaches in Conservation: From Genes to Ecosystems' November 13-14, 2008.
• Delivered a lecture at Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University on 'Biodiversity Conservation in Urban Landscapes' March 26, 2009.
• Delivered three lectures at Department of Applied Zoology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga as a part of UGC sponsored Refresher Course for College and University Lectures on 'Conservation in human dominated Landscapes and New Approaches in Conservation: From Genes to Ecosystems' September 19, 2009.

Publications

Peer reviewed

1. Sheeba, V., N.A. Aravind Madhyastha and A. Joshi. 1998. Oviposition preference for novel versus normal food resources in laboratory population of Drosophila melanogaster. Biosciences, 23: 93-100.
2. Aravind, N. A., Dinesh Rao and P.S. Madhusudan. 2001. Additions to the birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Zoos' Print Journal, 27: 541-547.
3. Aravind, N. A. 2002. First report of Micrixalus nudis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Karnataka, India. Hamadryad, 27: 116-117.
4. Aravind, N. A., K.N. Ganeshaiah, and R. Uma Shaanker. 2004. Croak, croak, croak: Are there more frogs to be discovered in Western Ghats? Current Science, 86: 1471-1472.
5. Uma Shaanker, R., K.N. Ganeshaiah, Smitha Krishnan, R. Ramya, C. Meera, N.A. Aravind, Arvind Kumar, Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J. Ramachandra, R. Gauthier, J. Ghazoul, N. Poole, B. V. Chinnappa Reddy. 2004. Livelihood gains and ecological costs of NTFP dependence: assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India. Environmental Conservation, 31: 242-253.
6. Uma Shaanker, R., K.N. Ganeshaiah, M. Nageswara Rao and N.A. Aravind. 2004. Ecological consequences of forest use-from genes to ecosystem: a case study in the Biligiri Ranganswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, South India. Conservation and Society, 2: 347-363.
7. Narayani Barve, M.C. Kiran, G. Vanaraj, N.A. Aravind, Dinesh Rao, R. Uma Shaanker, K.N. Ganeshaiah, and J.G. Poulsen. 2005. Measuring and mapping human threats to a wildlife sanctuary in south India. Conservation Biology, 19: 122-139.
8. Aravind, N.A., Dinesh Rao, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and G. Vanaraj. 2005. A comparative analysis of red-listed medicinal and non-red listed plant species in the Western Ghats, South India: are red-listed species really threatened? Current Science, 88: 258-265.
9. Aravind, N.A., K.P. Rajashekhar and N.A. Madhyastha. 2005. Species diversity, endemism and distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India. Records of Western Australian Museum, Suppl. No 68: 31-38.
10. Prathapan K.D., D.R. Priyadarsanan, T.C. Narendran, C.A. Viraktamath, K.A. Subramanyan, N.A. Aravind and J. Poorani. 2006. Biological Diversity Act, 2002: Shadow of permit-raj over research. Current Science, 91: 1006-1007.
11. Aravind N.A. 2006. Organic rice cultivation- CD Review. Current Science, 91: 1413.
12. Aravind N.A., B. Tambat, G. Ravikanth, K.N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma Shaanker. 2007. Patterns of species discovery in the Western Ghats, a megadiversity hot spot in India. Journal of Biosciences 32:781-790.
13. Gururaja, K.V., N.A. Aravind, Sameer Ali, T.V. Ramachandra, T.P. Velavan, V. Krishnakumar and R.K. Aggarwal. 2007. Morphogenetic description of a new frog species from the central Western Ghats of India: an indicator species of forest fragmentation. Zoological Science 24: 525-534
14. Prathapan, K.D. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, T.C. Narendran, C.A. Viraktamath, K.A. Subramanian, N.A. Aravind and J. Poorani. 2008. Death sentence on taxonomy in India. Current Science, 94: 170-171.
15. Dolia, J., M. Soubadra Devy, N.A. Aravind and Ajith Kumar. 2008. Butterfly communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India. Animal Conservation, 11: 26-34.
16. Aravind, N.A., K.P. Rajashekhar and N.A. Madhyastha. 2008. Micro mollusks of the Western Ghats: Distribution and Threats. Zoosymposia, 1: 281-294.
17. Soubadra Devy, M., Savitha, S. and N.A. Aravind. 2009. Reshaping urban green spaces. Economic and Political Weekly, 44: 25-27.
18. Aravind, N.A., Dinesh Rao, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and J.G. Poulsen. Impact of Lantana camara on bird assemblage at Malé Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India. Tropical Ecology, 51: 325-338.

Book Chapters

• Aravind, N.A. and Dinesh Rao. 2001. Biodiversity: An introduction. Eds. Hosetti, B. B. and M. Venkateshwaralu. In. Current trends in wildlife Biodiversity, Conservation and Management. Vol. II. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp. 1-26.
• Uma Shaanker, R., N.A. Aravind and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2004. Forest Management for Conservation. In: Burley, J., J. Youngquist and J. Evans (eds), Encyclopedia of Forest Science, Elsevier Science, United Kingdom.
• Aravind, N.A. and Dinesh Rao. 2006 Aves. In: Fauna of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation Area Series, 27: 239-258.
• Aravind, N.A. 2006. Mammalia. In: Fauna of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation Area Series, 27: 259-263.
• Ramakrishna, S.C. Mitra and N.A. Aravind. 2006. Mollusca: Gastropoda. In: Fauna of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation Area Series, 27: 9-12.
• Aravind N.A. 2004. Birds of Biligiri Rangan Hills. In: Islam, M.Z. and A. R. Rahmani (eds), Important Bird Area Network. Bombay Natural History Society and BirdLife International, UK.
• Arvind Kumar, N.A. Aravind, R. Uma Shaanker, K.N Ganeshaiah, Seema Purushothaman and Shyam N. Kashyap. 2009. Herbal exports from India- Trends and Implications. In: Uma Shaanker, R., Gladwin Joseph, Ankila J. Hiremath and Nitin D. Rai (eds), Non-timber Forest Products: Conservation, Management and Policy in the Tropics. ATREE and UAS, Bangalore, pp: 129-138.
• Uma Shaanker, R., Gladwin Joseph, N.A. Aravind, Ramesh Kannan and K.N. Ganeshaiah. 2010. Invasive plants in tropical human dominated landscapes: need for a paradigm shift in their management. In: Perrings, C., H. Mooney and M. Williamson (eds), Bioinvasions and Globalization: Ecology, Economics, Management, and Policy. Oxford University Press, London, pp. 202-219.

Semi Scientific/ Natural History

1. Aravind Madhyastha, N.A. 1999. Vagrants of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. Newsletter for Birdwatchers, 39: 66.
2. Aravind, N.A. 1995. Comments on the migration of Pratincoles. Newsletter for Birdwatchers, 33: 80.
3. Aravind N.A. 2005. Ficus pumila L.: A new host plant of Common Indian Crow (Euploea core Cramer, Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 102: 129.
4. Aravind, N.A., Narayani Barve, R., Uma Shaanker, J. Poulsen and K. N. Ganeshaiah. 2002. Mapping Human Induced Threat to a Sanctuary, South India. ETFRN News, 36: 41-43.
5. Ramesh Kannan, N.A. Aravind, Gladwin Joseph, K.N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma Shaanker. 2008. Lantana Craft: A Weed for a Need. BioTech News, 3(2): 9-11.
6. Uma Shaanker, R., Gladwin Joseph, N.A. Aravind, Ramesh Kannan and K.N. Ganeshaiah. 2007. A new use found for invasive species in the Western Ghats. Rainforest Concern, Autumn 2007.
7. Aravind N. A. and N. A. Madhyastha. 2009. Of shells and slimes. Hornbill, July-September: 26-29.
8. Raheem, D., Fred Naggs, N.A. Aravind and R. Peerce. 2009. An illustrated guide to the land snails of the Western Ghats. Natural History Museum, London

Proceedings

1. Gururaja, K.V., N.A. Aravind, and Raghunath. 1993. Checklist to the birds of Shimoga and Gudavi. (eds.) Vergheese, A., S. Sridhar and A. K. Chakravarthy, In: Proceedings of the First National Seminar on the Changing Scenario of Bird Ecology and Conservation.
2. Aravind N.A., Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J.G. Poulsen, R. Uma Shaanker and K.N. Ganeshaiah. 2001. Anthropogenic pressures in a tropical forest ecosystem in Western Ghats, India: Are they sustainable? In: Ganeshaiah, K.N., R. Uma Shaanker and K.S. Bawa (eds), Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Function. IBH, New Delhi, Pp. 125-128.
3. Aravind, N.A., Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and J.G. Poulsen. 2006. Impact of Lantana camara on plant communities at Malé Mahadeshwara reserve forest, South India. In: Rai, L.C. and J.P. Gaur (eds), Invasive alien species and biodiversity in India. Banarus Hindu University, Banarus.

Web articles/ Others

1. Aravind N.A., K.P. Rajshekhar and N.A. Madhaystha. 2006. Land snails of Western Ghats: Diversity, Distribution and Endemicity. Sahyadri E News (http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/).
2. Gururaja K.V. and Aravind N.A. 2006. Inland waters biodiversity. In: Thematic Assessment Report - Biodiversity Components of the NCSA, Submitted to MoEF, Govt. of India.
3. Aravind N.A. 2008. Land snails of the Western Ghats, In: CD on Western Ghats, by: Meera, O., Kartik Shankar and Sarvana Kumar, Ecotone, Madras.

In press or Submitted

1. Kannan, R., N.A. Aravind, Gladwin Joseph, R. Uma Shaanker and K.N. Ganeshaiah. Invasive weed aids livelihoods: Lantana as a substitute for bamboo in South India. Conservation and Society (Accepted).
2. Aravind, N.A. and Dinesh Rao. 2002. On the Butterfly Assemblages of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Lepidoptera News. (In press).
3. Patil, R.K. and N.A. Aravind. Perturbation in the pattern of land snail diversity due to anthropogenic disturbance to wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, India. In: Priyadarsanan, D.R., M.S. Devy, K.A. Subramanian and N.A. Aravind (eds), Invertebrate diversity and conservation in the Western Ghats. ATREE, Bangalore. (Accepted).

Under Preparation

1. Variation in indigenous ecological knowledge: a case study from three forest dependent communities in Karnataka, India.
2. Aravind N.A., R. Uma Shaanker and K.N. Ganeshaiah. Indian monsoon drives phenology of plants. Ecology Letters
3. Aravind, N.A. Annotated bibliography of non-marine molluscs of Indian region. Journal of Threatened Taxa.
4. Aravind, N.A. and Fred Naggs. Several new species of land snails from India. Zootaxa
5. Aravind, N.A. and Rajashekhar K.P. Impact of land use changes in the central Western Ghats on land-snails of the wet evergreen forests. Journal of Molluscan Studies
6. Aravind, N.A., Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker. Mapping birds and butterflies in BRT wildlife sanctuary, South India. Current Science
7. Budha, P.B., B.A. Daniels and N.A. Aravind. Assessment of freshwater mollusc from Eastern Himalayan region. IUCN report
8. Ramesh Kannan, N.A. Aravind, Gladwin Joseph and R. Uma Shaanker. Ingenious use of alien invasive species by forest communities in India: is it a key to management?
9. Harisha, Ramesh Kannan, N.A. Aravind and G. Ravikanth. Uses of floral resources by forest dependent communities in southern India. Economic Botany.
10. Sandeep Sen, G. Ravikanth and N.A. Aravind. Status of terrestrial mollusks in Indian conservation arena: a synthesis. Current Science.

Conference Papers and Abstracts

1. Aravind N.A., Dinesh Rao, Naraynai Barve, R. Uma Shaanker, and K.N. Ganeshaiah. 2000. Mapping bird and butterfly diversity in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary. Abstract presented at National Symposium on Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium, held at Mangalore University.
2. Dinesh Rao, Aravind N.A., K.N. Ganeshaiah, and R. Uma Shaanker. 2000. Birds and Butterflies associated with agro-ecosystems. Abstract presented at National Symposium on Problems and prospects of environment in the new millennium, held at Mangalore University.
3. Aravind N.A., Dinesh Rao, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and John G. Poulsen. 2002. Impact of Lantana camara on bird assemblage at Malè Mahadeshwara Reserve Forest, South India. Abstract in 3rd National Symposium on Avian Biodiversity -Issues and Conservation Strategies, held at ANGRAU, Hyderabad. February 7th and 8th 2002.
4. Krishnan, S., N.A. Aravind, J. Ramachandra, R. Uma Shaanker, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Gauthier, J. Ghazoul, N. Poole. 2002. Role of forest fruits in sustaining and enhancing the livelihoods of forest margin communities in south India: Integrating ecological and ethnographic information in drawing predictions on the consequences of forest fruit extraction. Abstract in Tropical Forests: Past, Present and Future. Held at Panama City, organised by Association for Tropical Biology and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, July 29th to August 3, 2002.
5. Aravind N.A., G. Vanaraj, Dinesh Rao, K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker and John G. Poulsen. 2002. Impact of Lantana camara on floral assemblage at Malè Mahadeshwara Reserve Forest, South India. Abstract in XII Annual conference on Indian association for angiosperm taxonomy and National seminar on plant taxonomy in nation development, held at Goa University, Panjim, September 26th and 27th, 2002.
6. Uma Shaanker, R. K.N. Ganeshaiah, Smitha Krishnan, R. Ramya, C. Meera, N.A. Aravind, Arvind Kumar, Dinesh Rao, G. Vanaraj, J. Ramachandra, Remi Gauthier, Jaboury Ghazoul, Nigel Poole, and B.V. Chinnappa Reddy. 2003. Livelihood gains and ecological costs of NTFP dependence: assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India, Abstract in Conference on Rural Livelihood, Biodiversity and conservation held at Bonn, Germany, June 19-23, 2003.
7. Aravind N.A., Rajashekhar K. Patil and N.A. Madhyastha. 2004. Geographical distribution patterns of land snails of Western Ghats, India. Abstract: World Congress on Malacology, 11th to 16th July 2004, Perth, Australia.
8. Aravind, N.A, and Rajashekhar K.P. 2004. Impact of land-use change on the diversity of terrestrial snails in Western Ghats. ESI Conference, Bangalore.
9. Aravind N.A., Dinesh Rao, R. Uma Shaanker, K.N. Ganeshaiah and J.G. Poulsen. 2005. Impact of disturbance on bird community in a tropical forest ecosystem in South India. Proceedings of First Asia Section Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Asia: Current Status and Future Perspectives.
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