Soumya Prasad
Assistant Professor
Environmental Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
PhD: 2010 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India M.Sc: 2001 from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India B.Sc: 1999, from the Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
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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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)
