Bengaluru: The public defense of thesis of the graduating cohort (2016-18) of MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation Program took place on 12th and 13th of October at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.
Following topics were presented:
Distribution and abundance of two sympatric species of ungulates in the Tost, Tosonbumba Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Chagsaaldulam Odonjavkhlan
Conserving river dolphins in a changing soundscape: acoustic and behavioural responses of Ganges river dolphins to anthropogenic noise in the Ganges River, India by Mayukh Dey
Usage of artificial waterholes by large mammals in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh by Tara Rajendran
Birds of a Feather: foraging niche shifts of Himalayan passerines in mixed flocks Chayant Gonsalves
Impacts of fragmentation on fruit removal and seed predation of four rainforest tree species in Anamalai hills, India by Abhishek Gopal
Wildfire and aliens: Responses of three plant invaders to a wildfire in upper elevation grasslands of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve by Rasikapriyaa TS
How long to stay? Effects of pasture quality on the foraging decisions of a versatile ungulate by Abhirup Khara
Logging history and forest type modulate post-logging recovery of tropical forests in the Andaman Islands by Akshay Surendra
The Effects of Forest Utilization and Landscape Composition on Avian Assemblages in the Oak forests of Kumaon, Uttarakhand by Tarun Menon
Human – Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque Interactions and Rising Interspecies Conflict in the Great Nicobar Island, India by Ishika Ramakrishna
Conservation genetics and genomics of the endangered Indian wild dogs by Ryan Rodrigues
Habitat selection of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in a water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)-invaded river system in the Deccan Plateau landscape by Aditya Banerjee
Factors determining roost selection by cave bats in a karst network landscape in Meghalaya, India by Aishanya Sarma
Predator, prey and livestock: Population estimation of snow leopard and blue sheep with implications for livestock depredation by Gopal Khanal