Rohit Naniwadekar

This study examines how tropical hornbills track interannual temperature variation and its impact on breeding parameters over 27 years.

The paper examines the relationship between fruit availability, frugivore abundance, and visitation rates in two tropical forests, finding that higher fruit availability does not always lead to higher visitation rates.

This study presents de novo genome assemblies for four Asian hornbill species and estimates their Pleistocene population declines due to climate fluctuations.

The paper estimates hornbill abundance and habitat correlates in Kali Tiger Reserve, finding Malabar Grey Hornbills are most abundant and widely distributed, with encounter rates linked to food-tree density.

This study examines how body size and fruit handling ability influence frugivory patterns among Asian mammals, finding that these traits explain differences in fruit size and type consumed.

This study examines how frugivore species richness affects dietary specialisation and plant-frugivore network properties in tropical forests.

This study examines how forest cover, temperature, and flower abundance affect pollinator communities in cashew plantations in the Western Ghats, finding positive effects of flower abundance and forest cover on pollinator richness and visits, and temperature-dependent patterns in visitation.

This study shows that chronic disturbance in tropical forests favors deciduous over evergreen tree communities, especially under water stress, in the Western Ghats.

The paper compares the population and roosting ecology of an endemic lizard across different land-use types in the Western Ghats, finding higher densities in low-elevation forests than plantations.

The paper compares genetic diversity between two hornbill species, finding the island-endemic Narcondam Hornbill has significantly lower genetic diversity than the Wreathed Hornbill.

The paper examines how land-use intensification affects nectar resources, bird communities, and bird-flower interaction networks in the Western Ghats, finding that agroforests support more diverse bird-flower interactions than monocultures or forests.

The paper examines how frugivore species richness and seed size affect frugivore visitation and functional traits on fruiting trees, finding that seed size has a stronger influence than species richness.

The paper evaluates long-term place-based conservation education sessions in southern India, finding short-term knowledge gains but no attitude changes, while highlighting strengths in relational values and challenges in pedagogy.

This paper presents 101 research questions for advancing Indian ornithology, identified through expert curation and scoring based on generality, novelty, and relevance.

This study examines how native trees within cashew plantations and surrounding forest cover affect bird diversity and persistence in a biodiversity hotspot.

This study identifies knowledge gaps and conservation challenges in the Konkan region of Maharashtra through literature review and focus group discussions, highlighting threats like land-use change and climate change impacts.

This study monitors tree phenology in a tropical forest, finding seasonal patterns in leaf flush and flowering, and varying fruiting patterns linked to dispersal modes and climate factors.

The paper examines how abiotic and biotic factors affect tadpole occurrence and abundance in rock pools, finding positive associations with pool size and monsoon progression, but not predator abundance.

The paper assesses bird diversity in evergreen and deciduous forests of South Andaman Island, finding deciduous forests support higher taxonomic diversity and are preferred by several endemic and threatened species.

This study examines how age and sex affect seed dispersal patterns of native and non-native plants by lion-tailed macaques, finding differences in fruit consumption diversity, seed dispersal quantity, and substrate preferences.

The study found no White-bellied Heron sightings in Namdapha Tiger Reserve in 2023-24, compared to 0.55 herons per km in 2017, suggesting a possible decline or local extinction.

This study examines how elevation and land use affect two endemic shrub frogs in the Western Ghats, finding elevation-specific distributions and negative impacts of agroforestry on population densities and body condition.