Publications

PAPERS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. Katwate, U., D. Apte & R. Raut (2013). Diversity and distribution of anurans in Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS), northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(2): 3589–3602; doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3038.3589-602
2. Unmesh Katwate, Rupesh Raut, Mayura Khot, Mandar Paingankar, and Neelesh Dahanukar, “Molecular Identification and Ecology of a Newly Discovered Population of Sun Catfish Horabagrus brachysoma from Northern Western Ghats of India,” ISRN Zoology, vol. 2012, Article ID 419320, 9 pages, 2012. doi:10.5402/2012/419320
3. Unmesh Katwate, Rupesh Raut & Sahir Advani (2012) An overview of fish fauna of Raigad District, northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4(5): 2569-2577
4. Dahanukar, N., Paingankar, M., Raut, R.N. & Kharat, S.S. (2012) Fish fauna of Indrayani River, northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(1): 2310–2317.
5. Bapurao V. Jadhav , Sanjay S. Kharat , Rupesh N. Raut, Mandar Paingankar & Neelesh Dahanukar (2011) Freshwater fish fauna of Koyna River, northern Western Ghats, India Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(1): 1449-1455
6. Vishakha S. Korad, Rupesh N. Raut & M. S. Pradhan (2010) Morphometrics of the genus Hipposideros from Northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Biosystematica,4(1):31-38 (2010-07-10)
7. Vishakha Korad, Rupesh N. Raut, and Malhar S. Pradhan (2008) Morphometrics of the Genus Rhinolophus Lacepede (Rhinolophidae) from Northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Biosystematica, 2(1):33-40 (2008-08-18)
8. Bapurao V. Jadhav, Rupesh N. Raut and Neelesh Dahanukar (2007) First report of prespawning and spawning behaviour in Ichthyophis cf. malabarensis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zoos’ Print Journal. 22 (8): 2804.
9. Vishakha Korad, Kranti Yardi and Rupesh Raut (2007) Diversity and distribution of bats in the Western Ghats of India. Zoos' Print Journal. 22 (7), 2752-2758.
10. Dahanukar N. Raut R and Bhat A. (2004) Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) 31, 1–16.
11. Kharat S., Dahanukar N., Raut R., and Mahabaleshwarkar M. (2003) ‘Long term changes in freshwater fish composition in the Northern western Ghats, Pune district’. Pune. Current Science, Vol. 84, No- 6, pp: 816-82.
12. Kharat, S. S., Dahanukar, N. & Raut, R. (2000-01) Decline of freshwater fish of Pune urban area. Journal of Ecological Society, 13/14: 46-51.

PAPERS IN PROCEEDINGS:

1. Dahanukar, N., Raut, R., Mahabaleshwarkar, M. & Kharat, S. (2001) Changes in freshwater fish fauna in northern Western Ghats, Pune, India. InTropical ecosystems: Structure, diversity and human welfare, Proceedings of the international conference on tropical ecosystems (ed. by K. N. Ganeshayer, R. Umashankar and K. S. Bawa), Oxford - IBH India, pp. 724-726.

SCIENTIFIC GENERAL ARTICLES:

1. Unmesh Katwate, Deepak Apte and Rupesh Raut- Vanishing Rice fields around Mumbai Metropolitan Region – A Cause of Fish Loss? MIN, Newsletter of the IUCN-SSC/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group - South Asia & the Freshwater Fish Conservation Network of South Asia. 08/2013; 1:17-20.
2. Unmesh Katwate, Deepak Apte and Rupesh Raut-Invasion in our Rivers. Hornbill; April-June 2012:42-45.
3. Dahanukar, N. & Raut, R., Western Ghats: Today and Tomorrow. Sakal, Disha (supplement), 29th May 2000, pp.1. (In Marathi) [PDF]
4. Dahanukar, N. & Raut, R., Mula – Mutha Rivers: Changing Scenario. Sakal, Disha (supplement), 23rd October 2000, pp.1 & 6. (In Marathi) [PDF]

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS / ABSTRACTS:

1. Kharat, S.S., Jadhav, B.V., Paingankar, M., Raut, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2009) Freshwater fish fauna of Satara, northern Western Ghats. UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
2. Paingankar, M., Raut, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2009) Factors that govern the diversity and distribution of tree frogs in the Western Ghats of India. UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
3. Dahanukar, N., Raut, R. & Jadhav, B.V. (2009) Morphometrical affinities among Western Ghats caecilians. UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
4. Raut R. N., Mandar Paingankar and Sanjay Kharat (2006) Temporal variation and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in northern Western Ghats. National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Information Infrastructure: Challenges and Potentials. Jan 30- Feb 2, 2006. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
5. Dahanukar N., M. Paingankar and R. Raut (2006) Spatial distribution of amphibians reveal nested biodiversity hotspots in the Western Ghats of India. National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Information Infrastructure: Challenges and Potentials. Jan 30- Feb 2, 2006. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
6. Dahanukar, N., Raut, R., Kharat, S. Paingankar, M. & Mahabaleshwarkar, M. (2004) A need for systematic approach towards conservation of fish in the Western Ghats of India. In Conservation in an urbanized world, Book of Abstracts, 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, New York. pp. 62
7. Patwardhan, A. A., Mahabaleshwarkar, M., Sahasrabuddhe, K., Dahanukar, N., Raut, R., Damle, A., Kale, J. & Ghate, U. (2004) Urban areas as wilderness corridors or sinks? In Conservation in an urbanized world, Book of Abstracts, 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, New York. pp. 210
8. Rupesh N. Raut, Ameeta Ravi Kumar and Smita Zinjarde (2003) ‘Screening, production and preliminary characterization of microbial acid proteases.’ pp- 221-222.In Alagawadi A. R., Krishnaraj P. U., Shirnalli Geeta and Jagadeesh K.S. (Eds.) Microbes and Human sustenance. 44th Annual conference of association of microbiologists of India. Department of Agricultural microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.