Soumya Prasad
Assistant Professor (UGC)
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
2014 – present: Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (UGC Faculty Recharge Programme) 2014-2014: Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. 2012-2014: National Environmental Sciences Fellow, MoEF with CES, IISc. 2012-present: Visiting scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Ecosystems Division, Atheron, Australia. 2011-2012: Post-doctoral Research Associate at the CES, IISc. 2010-2011: Consultant, IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group. 2003-04: Project assistant at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. 2002-03: Project assistant with Rainforest Restoration Program, Nature Conservation Foundation.
Research Interest
The work in our group falls within the realms of conservation biology and functional ecology. We study animal behavior and movement ecology mediating seed dispersal, plant invasions and garbage impacts. Research is being pursued in four broad inter-related areas of ecology and conservation biology: 1. Examining the effects of landuse change on seed dispersal processes 2. Examining species-environment relationships at community scales 3. Addressing complexities in ruminant-plant interaction networks 4. Examining ecological implications of improper waste disposal
Publications
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Mokany, K; Prasad, S; Westcott, D, 2015; Impacts of climate change and management responses in tropical forests depend on complex frugivore-mediated seed dispersal, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 685-694
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Ramaswami, G; Kaushik, M; Prasad, S; Westcott, D; Sukumar, R; 2016 Dispersal by generalist frugivores affects management of an invasive plant, Biotropica, , DOI: 10.1111/btp.12343
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Sridhara, S; McConkey, K; Prasad, S; Corlett, RT; 2016, Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Large Herbivores of Asia, The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia, 121-150 (Editors: Arestani, F, & Sankaran, M, Springer)
