Peer-reviewed

Submitted or in review

1. Lad, H., N. Gosavi, J. Vijayan, and R. Naniwadekar. Effects of land use change and elevation on endemic shrub frogs in a biodiversity hotspot. Animal Conservation.

2. Menzies, R., K. Suryawanshi, and R. Naniwadekar. Is the population of the Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India, declining? Oryx. 

3. Jayanth, A., Z. Patel, M. Mubeen, M. Karthikayan, and R. Naniwadekar. Deciduous forests hold conservation value for birds within South Andaman Island, India. Ecological Applications. Preprint Link.

4. Jithin, V. and R. Naniwadekar. Effects of abiotic and biotic drivers on tadpoles in seasonal rock pools of Western Ghats rock outcrops, India. Biotropica. Preprint Link. 

5. Chaitanya, R., R. Naniwadekar, and S. Meiri. Why did the hornbill not cross the river? Upland habitats rather than a physical barrier limit the distribution of the Brown hornbill. Journal of Biogeography. 

6. Biswas, N., S. Biniwale, V. Sadekar, Y. Taneja, A. Osuri, N. Page, K. Suryawanshi, and R. Naniwadekar. Chronic disturbance shifts tropical evergreen tree communities to deciduous across a climate gradient in the Western Ghats. Ecological Applications. Preprint Link. 

7. Jithin, V., M. Rane, A. Watve, and R. Naniwadekar. Orchards and paddy differentially impact rock outcrop amphibians: insights from community- and species-level responses. Ecological Applications. Preprint Link. 

8. Lad, H., R. Mandal, and R. Naniwadekar. Protected Areas can play an important role in safeguarding threatened hornbill populations. Oryx.  

9. Biswas, N., S. Biniwale, V. Sadekar, Y. Taneja, K. Suryawanshi, A. Osuri, and R. Naniwadekar. Securing lowland forests is critical for bird conservation in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. The Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Preprint Link. 

PUBLISHED

1. Sriprasertsil, V., N. Da-ouli, C. Chootongkhum...., and R. Naniwadekar. 2024. Changes in endangered hornbill populations over space and time and potential ecological impacts in peninsular Thailand. Global Ecology and Conservation. e03006. Link.

2. Naniwadekar, R., Y. Taneja, N. Page, A. Gopal, and S. Ghuman. 2024. Should the Narcondam Hornbill be introduced on other islands in the Andaman archipelago? Global Ecology and Conservation. 51: e02928. Link.

3. Jayanth, A., K. Isvaran and R. Naniwadekar. 2024. Drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal appear to differ across two species of fleshy-fruited tropical savanna plants. Biotropica e13322. Link. 

4. Gopal, A., S. Ghuman, V. Ramachandran, N. Page, and R. Naniwadekar. 2024. Invasive rodent weakens density-distance dependant seed predation of fishtail palm (Caryota mitis Lour.) on the remote oceanic island of Narcondam, India. Journal of Tropical Ecology. Accepted. Link.

5. Datta, A., K. Pradhan, D. Ganguly, R. Naniwadekar, S. Mahato, K. Dukpa, S. Banerjee, and A. Roy. 2024. Hornbill abundance and habitat relationships in a human-impacted Protected Area in the Indian Eastern Himalaya. Global Ecology and Conservation 51: e02868.

6. Kulkarni, M., S. Paripatyadar, R. Naniwadekar, and J. Joshi. 2023. Local-scale abiotic factors influence the organisation of rock pool arthropod communities in a biodiversity hotspot. Limnology and Oceanography. Link. 

7. Jithin, V., M. Rane, A. Watve, V. Giri, and R. Naniwadekar. (2023). Between a rock and a hard place: Comparing rock-dwelling animal prevalence across abandoned paddy, orchards, and rock outcrops in a biodiversity hotspot. Global Ecology and Conservation. 46:e02582. Link. 

8. Taneja, Y., N. Page, S. Kumar, and R. Naniwadekar. (2022) Effects of canopy cover on fruiting intensity and fruit removal of a tropical invasive weed. Forest Ecology and Management. 523:120502. Link. 

9. Naniwadekar, R., A. Gopal, N. Page, and S. Ghuman. (2022). Fruit exocarp removal: a unique foraging behaviour in Narcondam Hornbills. Hornbill Natural History and Conservation. 3:38-40. Link.

10. Sinha, A., R. K. Menzies, N. Chatterjee, M. Rao, and R. Naniwadekar. (2022). Drivers of taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta diversity of Himalayan riverine birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:788184. Link.

11. Naniwadekar, R., A. Rathore, U. Shukla, and A. Datta. 2021. Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal. Biotropica. Link. 

12. Naniwadekar, R., C. Mishra, K. Isvaran, and A. Datta. 2021. Gardeners of the forest: hornbills govern the spatial distribution of large seeds. Journal of Avian Biology. e02748. Link. 

13. Borawake, N., A. Datta, and R. Naniwadekar. 2021. Tropical forest restoration in the Eastern Himalaya: evaluating early survival and growth of native tree species. Ecological Restoration 39:52-63. Link.

14. Jain, A., N. Page, G. S. Rawat, and R. Naniwadekar. 2021. Are fragments fruitful? Understanding fragmentation impacts on plant-frugivore communities in north-east India. Biotropica 53: 1368-1378. Link. Press coverage here.

15. Vikrant, A., J. Balakrishnan, R. Naniwadekar, and A. Datta. 2021. The flight of the hornbill: drift and diffusion in arboreal avian movement. Scientific Reports 11:5591. Link.

16. Gopal, A., D. Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, and R. Naniwadekar. 2021. Seed fates of four rainforest tree species in the fragmented forests of Anamalais in the southern Western Ghats, India. Acta Oecologica 110:103698. Link.

17. Naniwadekar, R., A. Gopal, N. Page, S. Ghuman, V. Ramachandran, and J. Joshi. 2021. Large frugivores matter more on an island: insights from island-mainland comparison of plant-frugivore communities. Ecology & Evolution 11:1399-1412. Link.

18. Menzies, R., M. Rao, and R. Naniwadekar. 2021. Assessing the status of the Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis in north-east India. Bird Conservation International 31(2): 255-267. Link.

19. Naniwadekar, R. 2020. Narcondam Hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Link.

20. Naniwadekar, R., S. Ghuman, A. Gopal, N. Page, and V. Ramachandran. 2020. Characteristics of Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami nest trees. Hornbill Natural History and Conservation 1(2):1–10. Link. 

21. Gopal, A., D. Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, and R. Naniwadekar. 2020. Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India. Biotropica 52:871–883. Link. 

22. Osuri, A. M., U. Mendiratta, R. Naniwadekar, V. Varma, and S. Naeem. 2020. Hunting and forest modification have distinct defaunation impacts on tropical mammals and birds. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2:1–10.

23. Naniwadekar, R., S. Chaplod, A. Datta, A. Rathore, and H. Sridhar. 2019. Large frugivores matter: insights from network and seed dispersal effectiveness approaches. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:1250–1262.

24. Naniwadekar, R., A. Rathore, U. Shukla, S. Chaplod, and A. Datta. 2019. How far do Asian forest hornbills disperse seeds? Acta Oecologica 101:103482. Link. 

25. Pawar, P., R. Naniwadekar, T. R. Shankar Raman, and D. Mudappa. 2018. Breeding biology of the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis in tropical rainforest and human-modified plantation landscape in Western Ghats, India. Ornithological Science 17:205–216.

26. Shukla, U., R. Naniwadekar, A. Rathore, and A. Datta. 2018. Variability in gut passage times of Asian hornbills for large-seeded tree species. Sarawak Museum Journal 100: 167-194. Link. 

27. Pawar, P., R. Naniwadekar, T. R. S. Raman, and D. Mudappa. 2018. Seasonal variation in hornbill densities in coffee plantations in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India. Sarawak Museum Journal. 100: 117-128. 

28. Shukla, U., R. Naniwadekar, and A. Datta. 2016. Abundance estimates of the Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis, and characterization of the montane subtropical forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya. Indian Birds 12:128–134. Link. 

29. Naniwadekar, R., C. Mishra, and A. Datta. 2015. Fruit resource tracking by hornbill species at multiple scales in a tropical forest in India. Journal of Tropical Ecology 31:477–490. Link. 

30. Naniwadekar, R., C. Mishra, K. Isvaran, M. D. Madhusudan, and A. Datta. 2015. Looking beyond parks: the conservation value of unprotected areas for hornbills in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya. Oryx 49:303–311. Link. 

31. Naniwadekar, R., U. Shukla, K. Isvaran, and A. Datta. 2015. Reduced hornbill abundance associated with low seed arrival and altered recruitment in a hunted and logged tropical forest. PLoS ONE 10:e0120062. Link.

32. Viswanathan, A., R. Naniwadekar, and A. Datta. 2015. Seed dispersal by avian frugivores: non-random heterogeneity at fine scales. Biotropica 47:77–84. Link. 

33. Naniwadekar, R., and K. Vasudevan.  2014. Impact of dams on riparian frog communities in the southern Western Ghats. Diversity 6:567–578.

34. Viswanathan, A., and R. Naniwadekar. 2014. Diet and foraging behaviour of Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea in Namdapha National Park, India. Forktail 30:145-147. Link. 

35. Naniwadekar, R., and A. Datta. 2013. Spatial and temporal variation in hornbill densities in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India. Tropical Conservation Science 6:734–748.

36. Naniwadekar, R., U. Shukla, A. Viswanathan, and A. Datta. 2013. Records of small carnivores from in and around Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Small Carnivore Conservation 49:1–8.

37. Naniwadekar, R., A. Viswanathan, R. Kumar, and S. Dalvi. 2013. First record of Tristram’s Bunting Emberiza tristrami from India. Indian Birds 8:134–135.

38. Harikrishnan, S., K. Vasudevan, A. De Silva, V. Deepak, N. B. Kar, R. Naniwadekar, A. Lalremruata, K. R. Prasoona, R. Aggarwal. 2012 Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India. Zootaxa 3233:37–51. 

39. Naniwadekar, R., and V. Deepak. 2010. New distribution record for Hemidactylus prashadi Smith, 1935 (Family: Gekkonidae) from the Kudremukh hills, Karnataka, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 107:253

40. Srinivasan, U., S. Dalvi, R. Naniwadekar, M. O. Anand and A. Dutta. 2010. The birds of Namdapha National Park and surrounding areas: recent significant records and a checklist of the species. Forktail 26:92-116. 

41. Datta, A., M. O. Anand, and R. Naniwadekar. 2008. Empty forests: Large carnivore and prey abundance in Namdapha National Park, north-east India. Biological Conservation 141:1429–1435.

42. Datta, A., R. Naniwadekar, and M. O. Anand. 2008. Occurrence and conservation status of small carnivores in two protected areas in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India. Small Carnivore Conservation 39:1-10. Link.

43. Naniwadekar, R., and V. Deepak. 2008. New distribution record for Calotes nemoricola Jerdon, 1853 from the Kudremukh hills, Karnataka, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 105:99

44. Naniwadekar, R., and K. Vasudevan. 2007. Patterns in diversity of anurans along an elevational gradient in the Western Ghats, South India. Journal of Biogeography 34:842–853. Link.