Balakrishnan, R. (2016). Behavioral Ecology of Insect Acoustic Communication. In: Insect Hearing Eds.: Pollack, G. S., Mason, A. C., Popper, A., Fay, R. R., Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Jain, M. & Balakrishnan, R. (2013) From leaf litter to canopy: Noninvasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rain forest. In: M. Lowman et al. (eds.), Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation, Springer Verlag, NewYork, pp. 313-320.
Saha, K., Prakash, H., Mohapatra, P.P. et al. Is flying riskier for female katydids than for males?. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 77, 27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03298-7
Godthi, V., Balakrishnan, R., & Pratap, R. (2022). The mechanics of acoustic signal evolution in field crickets. The Journal of Experimental Biology 225, jeb243374. doi:10.1242/jeb.243374.
Nair, A. & Balakrishnan, R. (2022). Ecological constraints on sexual selection in a human-modified landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.802078.
Modak, S., Brown, W. D., & Balakrishnan, R. (2021). Decoupling of female phonotaxis and mating propensity in a tree cricket. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75, 146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03084-3.
Prakash, H., Saha, K., Sahu, S., & Balakrishnan, R. (2021). Ecological drivers of selection for remnant forest habitats by an insectivorous bat in a tropical, human-modified landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 496, 119451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119451
Prakash, H., Greif, S., Yovel, Y. and Balakrishnan, R. (2021) Acoustically eavesdropping predators take longer to capture prey signalling in aggregation. Journal of Experimental Biology 224, jeb233262. https://doi.org:10.1242/jeb.233262.
Nityananda, V. & Balakrishnan, R. (2021) Synchrony of complex signals in an acoustically communicating katydid. Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (9), jeb241877. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.241877. Featured as an article of special interest in 'Inside JEB'
Deb, R., Modak, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2020) Baffling: a condition-dependent alternative mate attraction strategy using self-made tools in tree crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287, 20202229. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2229.
Torsekar, V. R. & Balakrishnan, R. (2020). Sex differences in alternative reproductive tactics in response to predation risk in tree crickets. Functional Ecology 34, 2326-2337. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13652
Torsekar, V. R., Isvaran, K. & Balakrishnan, R. (2019) Is the predation risk of mate searching different between the sexes? Evolutionary Ecology 33, 329-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-019-09982-3
Rajaraman, K., Nair, A., Dey, A. and Balakrishnan, R. (2018). Response mode choice in a multimodally duetting paleotropical pseudophylline bushcricket. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, 172 (1-12).
Buxton, R.T., Agnihotri, S., Robin, V.V., Goel, A. and Balakrishnan, R. (2018). Acoustic indices as rapid indicators of avian diversity in different land-use types in an Indian biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Ecoacoustics 2, (1-17).
Dutta, R., Balakrishnan, R. and Tregenza, T., (2018). Divergence in potential contact pheromones and genital morphology among sympatric song types of the bush cricket Mecopoda elongata. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 158.
Mhatre, N., Malkin, R., Deb, R., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2017) Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate-attraction signal. eLife 6, e32763 doi: 10.7554/eLife.32763
Dutta, R., Tregenza, T., & Balakrishnan, R. (2017). Reproductive isolation in the acoustically divergent groups of tettigoniid, Mecopoda elongata. PloS One, 12(11), e0188843.
Bhattacharya, M., Isvaran, K. and Balakrishnan, R. (2017) A statistical approach to understanding reproductive isolation in two sympatric species of tree crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology 220, 1222-1232. doi: 10.1242/jeb.146852
Nandi, D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2016) Spatio-temporal dynamics of field cricket calling behaviour: implications for female mate search and mate choice. PloS One 11.11 e0165807
Rajaraman, K., Godthi, V., Pratap, R. & Balakrishnan, R. (2015) A novel acoustic-vibratory multimodal duet. Journal of Experimental Biology 218, 3042-3050. doi:10.1242/jeb.122911
Raghuram, H., Deb, R., Nandi, D. and Balakrishnan R. (2015) Silent katydid females are at higher risk of bat predation than acoustically signalling katydid males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20142319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2319
Schmidt, A. K. D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2015) Ecology of acoustic signalling and the problem of masking interference in insects. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 201,133.142.
Raghuram, H., Jain, M., & Balakrishnan, R. (2014). Species and acoustic diversity of bats in a paleotropical wet evergreen forest in southern India. Current Science 107, 631-641.
Deb, R. & Balakrishnan, R. (2014) The opportunity for sampling: The ecological context of female mate choice. Behavioral Ecology 25, 967-974.
Balakrishnan, R., Bahuleyan, J., Nandi, D. & Jain, M. (2014) Modelling the effects of chorus species composition and caller density on acoustic masking interference in multispecies choruses of crickets and katydids. Ecological Informatics 21, 50-58.
Agnihotri, S., Sundeep, P.V.D.S., Seelamantula, C.S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2014) Quantifying Vocal Mimicry in the Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo: A Comparison of Automated Methods and Human Assessment. PLoS ONE 9(3), e89540.
Jain, M., Diwakar, S., Bahuleyan, J., Deb, R. & Balakrishnan, R. (2014) A rain forest dusk chorus: Cacophony or sounds of silence? Evolutionary Ecology 28, 1-22.
Nandi, D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2013). Call intensity is a repeatable and dominant acoustic feature determining male call attractiveness in a field cricket. Animal Behaviour 86, 1003-1012.
Jaiswara, R., Nandi, D. and Balakrishnan, R. (2013). Examining the effectiveness of discriminant function analysis and cluster analysis in species identification of male field crickets based on their calling songs. PLoS One 8, e75930.
Rajaraman, K., Mhatre, N., Jain, M., Postles, M., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2013). Low-pass filters and differential tympanal tuning in a paleotropical bushcricket with an unusually low frequency call. Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 777-787.
Deb, R., Bhattacharya, M. & Balakrishnan, R. (2012) Females of a tree cricket prefer larger males but not the lower frequency male calls that indicate large body size. Animal Behaviour 84, 137-149. DOI:10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.020
Mhatre, N., Montealegre-Z, F., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2012). Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109, E1444-E1452 and cover (author summary: 8362-8363). DOI:10.1073/pnas.1200192109
Jaiswara, R., Balakrishnan, R., Robillard, T. , Rao, K., Cruaud, C. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2012). Testing concordance in species boundaries using acoustic, molecular and morphological data in the field cricket genus Itaropsis (Orthoptera:Grylloidea, Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164, 285-303.
Jain, M. & Balakrishnan, R. (2012). Does acoustic adaptation drive vertical stratification? A test in a tropical cricket assemblage. Behavioral Ecology 23, 343-354 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr191
Mhatre, M., Bhattacharya, M., Robert, D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2011). Matching sender and receiver: Poikilothermy and frequency tuning in a tree cricket. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 2569-2578.
Jain, M; Balakrishnan, R (2011). Microhabitat selection in an assemblage of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of a tropical evergreen forest in Southern India. Insect Conservation and Diversity 4, 152-158.
Jain, M., Kuriakose, G. & Balakrishnan, R. (2010). Evaluation of methods to estimate foliage density in the understorey of a tropical evergreen forest. Current Science 98, 508-515.
Nair, S., Balakrishnan, R., Chandra Sekhar, S. & Sukumar, R. (2009). Vocalisations of wild Asian elephants: structural classification and social context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126, 2768-2778.
Mhatre, N., Montealegre-Z., F., Balakrishnan, R. and Robert, D. (2009). Mechanical response of the tympanal membranes of the tree cricket Oecanthus henryi. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195, 453-462.
Nityananda, V. & Balakrishnan, R. (2009). Modeling the role of competition and cooperation in the evolution of katydid acoustic synchrony. Behavioral Ecology 20, 484 - 489.
Mhatre N & Balakrishnan R. (2008) Predicting acoustic orientation in complex real-world environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 2779-2785.
Nityananda, V. & Balakrishnan, R. (2008) Leaders and followers in katydid choruses in the field: call intensity, spacing and consistency. Animal Behaviour 76, 723-735.
Mhatre, N. & Balakrishnan, R. (2007). Phonotactic walking paths of field crickets in closed loop conditions and their simulation using a stochastic model. Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 3661-3676.
Nityananda, V., Stradner, J., Balakrishnan, R. & Römer, H. (2007). Selective attention in a synchronising bushcricket: physiology, behaviour and ecology. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193, 983-991
Diwakar, S., Jain, M. & Balakrishnan, R. (2007). Psychoacoustic sampling as a reliable, non - invasive method to monitor orthopteran species diversity in tropical forests. Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 4081-409
Diwakar, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2007). The assemblage of acoustically communicating crickets of a tropical evergreen forest in Southern India: call diversity and diel calling patterns. Bioacoustics 16, 113-135.
Diwakar, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2007).Vertical stratification in an acoustically communicating ensiferan assemblage of a tropical evergreen forest in southern India. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, 479-486.
Nityananda, V. & Balakrishnan, R. (2007). Synchrony during acoustic interactions in the bushcricket Mecopoda 'Chirper' (Tettigoniidae:Orthoptera) is generated by a combination of chirp-by-chirp resetting and change in intrinsic chirp rate. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193, 51-65.
Nityananda, V. & Balakrishnan, R. (2006). A diversity of songs among morphologically indistinguishable katydids of the Genus Mecopoda (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Southern India. Bioacoustics 15, 223-250.
Diwakar, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2006). Male and female stridulation in an Indian weta (Orthoptera:Anostostomatidae). Bioacoustics 16, 75-85.
Mhatre, N. & Balakrishnan, R. (2006). Male spacing behaviour and acoustic interactions in a field cricket: implications for female mate choice. Animal Behaviour 72, 1045-1058.
Balakrishnan, R. (2005). Species concepts, species boundaries and species identification: A view from the tropics. Systematic Biology 54, 689-693.
Balakrishnan, R. Neurobiology and behaviour: a network of connections. (2005) Current Science 89, 1147-1165.
Metrani, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2005). The utility of song and morphological characters in delineating species boundaries among sympatric tree crickets of the genus Oecanthus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): a numerical taxonomic approach. Journal of Orthoptera Research 14, 5-20.
Divya, B. U., Metrani, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2005). Pitfall traps for arthropods: an evaluation of their efficiency, with special reference to field crickets (Gryllidae: Orthoptera). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102, 38-43.
Helversen, D. von, Balakrishnan, R. & Helversen, O. von (2004). Receiver response variability, male strategies and signal design. Animal Behaviour 68, 131-144
Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Metrani, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2003). Systematics and song structure of Prozvenella bangalorensis sp. n. with a discussion of song features in Podoscirtini crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Podoscirtidae), Insect Systematics and Evolution 34, 221-237.
Balakrishnan, R., Helversen, D. von & Helversen, O. von (2001). Song pattern recognition in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus: the mechanism of syllable onset and offset detection. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 187, 255-264.
Pollack, G. S., Givois, V. & Balakrishnan, R (1998). Air-movement ‘signals’ are not required for female mounting during courtship in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 183, 513-518
Balakrishnan, R. & Pollack, G. S. (1997). The role of antennal sensory cues in female responses to courting males in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. Journal of Experimental Biology 200, 511-522
Balakrishnan, R. & Pollack, G. S. (1996). Recognition of courtship song in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus. Animal Behaviour 51, 353-366.
Murugasu-Oei, B., Balakrishnan, R., Yang, X., Chia, W. & Rodrigues, V. (1996). Mutations in masquerade, a novel serine-protease-like molecule, affect axonal guidance and taste behavior in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development 57, 91-101
Rodrigues, V., Sathe, S., Pinto, L., Balakrishnan, R. & Siddiqi, O. (1991). Closely linked lesions in a region of the X chromosome affect central and peripheral steps in gustatory processing in Drosophila. Molecular General Genetics 226, 265-276.
Balakrishnan, R. & Rodrigues, V. (1991). The Shaker and shaking-B genes specify elements in the processing of taste information in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 157, 161-181.