Shomen Mukherjee
‎Faculty
Ecology
Azim Premji University
India
Biography
Shomen is an experimental ecologist and has largely conducted research in the field of animal behavior. His research interest lies in understanding the processes that affect the structure and dynamics of ecological communities. A significant amount of his research career has focused on studying how stress (due to predation risk) affects behavioural and life-history decisions of organisms. More recently he has been studying the ecology of mosquitoes, testing how different aquatic predators affect mosquito larval survivorship and egg laying decisions. Academic Degree Ph. D (Ecology and Evolution) Ben-Gurion University, Israel M. Sc. (Wildlife Sciences) Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun B.Sc. (Zoology) Fergusson College, Pune Teaching Introduction to Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Animal Behaviour, Community Ecology, Biostatistics Areas of Interest Community Ecology, Disease Ecology, Conservation Biology, Migration Ecology, Biology Education for Teachers
Research Interest
Community Ecology, Disease Ecology, Conservation Biology, Migration Ecology, Biology Education for Teachers
Publications
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Bergerâ€Tal O, Mukherjee S, Kotler BP, Brown JS. Complex stateâ€dependent games between owls and gerbils. Ecology Letters. 2010 Mar 1;13(3):302-10.
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Embar K, Kotler BP, Mukherjee S. Risk management in optimal foragers: the effect of sightlines and predator type on patch use, time allocation, and vigilance in gerbils. Oikos. 2011 Nov 1;120(11):1657-66.
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Mukherjee S, Heithaus MR. Dangerous prey and daring predators: a review. Biological Reviews. 2013 Aug 1;88(3):550-63.
