Mahesh Sankaran

The paper shows that nutrient enrichment, especially with nitrogen and phosphorus, reduces C4 plant cover in grasslands, disrupting climate-driven C3-C4 balance globally.

The paper compiles and analyzes Indian tree inventory data to highlight sampling gaps and promote data standardization for tropical ecology studies.

This study examines the nutritional value of browsing versus grazing in Asian elephants, finding no significant difference in crude protein content between the two diets.

This study shows that elephant dung deposition creates nutrient hotspots, altering plant competition and promoting vegetation heterogeneity in tropical forests.

The paper reports the first occurrence of Urochloa trichopus in Karnataka, India, and provides a taxonomic description and ecological review.

This study examines how sampling methods affect phenology indices in tropical trees across India and provides recommendations for future research.

The paper examines how invasive coffee affects herbivory on rainforest seedlings, finding no direct impact but a resource dilution effect from higher plant density and species-specific leaf traits.

This study analyzes grass species distribution and richness across India, identifying patterns related to climate and geomorphology and highlighting conservation priorities in under-studied regions.

This study models the current and future distributions of two dominant Indian savanna tree species under climate change, finding significant habitat loss by 2100.

The paper compares tree community and carbon dynamics in mature and secondary rainforests over five years, finding higher carbon stocks and diversity in mature forests but greater carbon accrual in secondary forests.

The paper examines how elevation and warming affect floral scent composition and pollinator preferences in alpine meadows, finding that conspecific scents remain more similar across elevations than between species.

This study examines soil respiration in tropical forests, finding it correlates with rainfall and soil moisture across multiple time scales, but not temperature, suggesting monsoon patterns drive future responses.

The paper quantifies intraspecific and interspecific variation in wood density across tree genera and evaluates the accuracy of using genus averages for carbon stock estimation.