Publications

Image-based South Asian bee species identification: a machine learning approach, CL Srinivas, M Sreerag, R Mukherjee, SM Devy, S Mishra, R Deb, Journal of Insect Conservation 29 (4), 55, 2025

Baffling: a condition-dependent alternative mate attraction strategy using self-made tools in tree crickets, R Deb, S Modak, R Balakrishnan, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 (1941), 20202229, 2020

Host dietary specialization and neutral assembly shape gut bacterial communities of wild dragonflies, R Deb, A Nair, D Agashe, PeerJ 7, e8058, 2019

Diversity matters: Effects of density compensation in pollination service during rainfall shift, R Mukherjee, R Deb, SM Devy, Ecology and evolution 9 (17), 9701-9711, 2019

Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate-attraction signal, Natasha Mhatre*, Robert Malkin*, Rittik Deb*, Rohini Balakrishnan, Daniel Robert, eLife, 2017

Silent katydid females are at higher risk of bat predation than acoustically signalling katydid males, H Raghuram, R Deb, D Nandi, R Balakrishnan, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1798), 20142319, 2015

The opportunity for sampling: the ecological context of female mate choice, R Deb, R Balakrishnan, Behavioral Ecology 25 (4), 967-974, 2014

A rain forest dusk chorus: cacophony or sounds of silence? M Jain, S Diwakar, J Bahuleyan, R Deb, R Balakrishnan, Evolutionary Ecology, 1-22, 2013

Females of a tree cricket prefer larger males but not the lower frequency male calls that indicate large body size, R Deb, M Bhattacharya, R Balakrishnan, Animal Behaviour 84 (1), 137-149, 2012